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

in the seats, eyes closed against the

that college boy’s protective embrace, then the mark on her neck – looking back wasn’t an

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

the slight hesitation in the car’s movement. “Mrs. Parker has

wider than I’d realized. In the mirror’s cold reflection, I caught the image of Audrey struggling to her feet, her silhouette small

to break the sound barrier?” The words escaped before I

Audrey’s POV

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

my regrets until bright headlights suddenly lit up behind me, casting may shadow long and dark against the pavement. I raised a hand against the glare, heart stuttering as I recognized Blake’s

face – a masterpiece in studied

and climbed back in. My hands went immediately to my hoodie’s collar, and pressed hard against my

red blossom of pressure, identical

said, tilting my head to better display the evidence. “They match

eyes narrowed as they fixed on

this spa,” I explained, the words tumbling out in a

why were you

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