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

reclined in the seats, eyes closed against

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

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

the slight hesitation

us had grown wider than I’d realized. In the mirror’s cold reflection, I caught

The words escaped before

Audrey’s POV

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

with 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

face

went immediately to my hoodie’s collar, and pressed hard against my skin near

results were instantaneous – another red blossom of pressure, identical to

my head to better display the evidence. “They

they fixed

words tumbling out in a rush. “The trainee was… enthusiastic, to put

why were you smiling

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