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

Parker is

eyes closed against the windows. “Keep driving.” I

college boy’s protective embrace, then the mark on her neck – looking

before leaving. Now she wanted to talk? Let her chase, I

sense the slight hesitation in the car’s movement. “Mrs.

mirror with practiced efficiency. The distance between us had grown wider than I’d realized. In the mirror’s cold reflection, I caught the image of Audrey struggling to her feet, her silhouette small

barrier?” The words

Audrey’s POV

found the words to make Blake stay. I thought as I pushed myself up

lit up behind me, casting may shadow long and dark against the pavement. I raised a hand against the glare, heart

slowly, revealing Blake’s face –

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

red

to

eyes narrowed as they

explained, the words tumbling out in a rush.

why were

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