Chapter 64

Something in his tone made my skin prickle. “Then what?”

“The cat hair on my varsity jacket. The words tumbled out in a rush. I just noticed it when I went back to get it. We haven’t been near Snow all day, which

means…”

My heart stuttered in my chest as the implications hit. There was only one other person who could have left those traces. Someone who’d held me close enough for the evidence to transfer.

“Blake,” I whispered, the name feeling like glass in my throat.

I spun around just in time to see the car’s headlights flare to life, the engine’s purr deepening with intent.

“Thank you,” I breathed into the phone, already moving. The concrete was cold beneath my feet as I broke into a run, each step carrying me closer to the only clue I’d had about Snow’s whereabouts in what felt like forever.

“Wait!” My voice was lost in the sound of the engine. “Blake, wait!”

Blake’s POV

is running

seats, eyes closed against the windows.

embrace, then the mark on her neck – looking back wasn’t an

attempt to explain the marks before leaving. Now she wanted to talk? Let her chase,

lids, I could sense the slight hesitation in the car’s

the mirror’s cold reflection, I caught the image of Audrey struggling to her feet, her silhouette small and vulnerable against the

the sound barrier?” The words escaped before I could stop

Audrey’s POV

had called sooner. If only I’d found the words to make Blake stay.

casting may shadow long and dark against the pavement. I raised a hand against the glare, heart stuttering as I recognized Blake’s car reversing smoothly

Blake’s face – a masterpiece in studied indifference.

My hands went immediately to my hoodie’s collar, and pressed hard against my

another red blossom of

head to better

narrowed as they fixed on

to this spa,” I explained, the words tumbling out in a rush. “The trainee was… enthusiastic, to put it

were

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