Chapter 57

Axton POV

We left the boys with Eli and Michelle, knowing having to get them will only slow us down. Elena is a nervous wreck beside me, and all she has done is panic, conjuring up the worst-case scenario. What if the strigoi got Sondra? Or her father came back for revenge, or what if Osiris is behind it?

Yet I have a feeling Sondra is missing because she chose to go missing; the strong old bat takes shit from nobody, so I doubt if someone came after her, she would go quietly.

“She may have ducked into town,” I tell Elena, and she nods, staring off vacantly out the window. Her bottom lip quivers, and she presses her top teeth against it.

“Elena, we’ll find her. Marco has gone to check the commune. We can check in town; she is probably at the bakery, eating all the cupcakes,” I try to reassure her, and she turns her head to look at

“She’s dying, Axton,” she answers, and I swallow. Yeah, Marco had said something about taking care of her, but she looked okay the last time I saw her.

“We’ll find her,” I answer. We have to; I don’t think Elena will cope not knowing.

“Don’t go to the bakery. Go to Mary’s cafe,” Elena whispers, and I glance at her. I nod my head, taking the next turn to head down the main street of the small derelict town.

Pulling up along the curb, I don’t see her car anywhere or any sign of her. Elena gets out to check the old cafe, letting herself in with a

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she is determined to find Sondra also. Forgetting the bakery, I walk over to her and

I will check it out,” I

the door open, Elena sucks in a deep breath. “How do you have a key,” I ask

bought it, so once her death certificate was in the place, it was handed back to Sondra, who in

too

stomach drops, feeling her anguish. “Have you been back here… you know, since?”

wanted me to burn it down, yet I couldn’t

the fridges are full of old fizzy drinks and outdated milk. Other than that, my men

door that is ajar and glances at me. “Want me to check?” I ask, and she nods her head. Nodding once, I quickly rush down the stairs to the pitch-black basement, my vision adjusting as Khan steps forward. We peer around

in. Turning around, I head back upstairs to find Elena, only she is no longer in the shop, yet I can feel she is

same look on her face. Back then, I thought she was petrified of

to clear it out. As I wander over to her, she is staring at the bed. I slip my arms around her waist, tugging her

on the bed, I swallow guiltily. Khan had tried to tell me, but I was angry; I only believed what I wanted to believe and chose her father’s words over

helping her, I hurt her more. “Sondra once said that some things she wanted to

turn my head on her shoulder. “This

can keep a secret if one is dead. Jake is dead, Elena,” I tell her, but she shakes

he’s not because he is seared into my memories. He got the easy way out. He took it to the grave while I live with it,”

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