Chapter 64

The sky was clearer here. I looked up at the stars, blinking back

another wave of tears. I didn’t cry this time. Just breathed.

Ten minutes passed. Maybe fifteen.

The sound came all at once.

Crunch.

Snap.

Step. Step.

I froze.

That wasn’t Ava.

Ava couldn’t have arrived so soon. No vehicle sounds, no

flashlight beam cutting through the trees, no familiar voice

calling my name. Just the rustle of leaves, deliberate and slow,

like someone trying to move quietly… but not quite succeeding.


My heart dropped.

I stayed completely still, barely even breathing.

Another twig snapped.

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Whoever it was–was close.

I clenched the phone in my hand, trying not to panic, but every

instinct in my body was screaming.

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The crunch of leaves grew louder behind me.

I froze.

My body was already trembling from fatigue and cold, but now the air felt thinner. Every step I had taken up that hill felt wasted. I turned, heart pounding, and tried to peer into the dark,

but I saw nothing.

Then-


firm hand grabbed my arm from

I screamed.

hissed, grabbing my

me.

My scream died mid–breath.

“Alexander?”

to confirm it. He was

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he’d sprinted the

doing?” he said sharply, scanning me

didn’t you respond to the

heart racing for

didn’t hear it,” I said weakly.

up since earlier.”


tightened. “You’re bleeding again. Do you

about your injuries?”

even

stay in that car.”

do you always find such

if I should feel ashamed

this angry. Maybe both.

don’t know,” I said, lowering my eyes.

things done smoothly.”

away for a second, then bent down and swept me

flinched. “Wait, I

me do this one last time. Because

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made another reckless choice!

words hit me harder than they should have. I

as he carried me

cool, brushing

in his arms. I could feel the tension in his

but something else. His grip was firm,

in his steps.

all the way down to where my own car

parked.

did you even get here?” I asked, the

without thought. “Did… did you know where I was all

time?”

respond at first. He set me


closed the door behind me. I watched him

around and get in.

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