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-


grabbed my

I screamed.

a deep voice hissed, grabbing my shoulders to

me.

My scream died mid–breath.

“Alexander?”

just enough light to confirm it. He was here. In person. Hair wind–tossed, shirt

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he’d sprinted the

he said sharply,

“Why didn’t you respond

heart racing for an entirely different

didn’t hear it,” I said weakly. “Tinnitus.

up since earlier.”


tightened. “You’re bleeding again. Do you even

about your injuries?”

even noticed. “It didn’t matter.

stay in that car.”

find such troubles.

I should feel

this angry. Maybe both.

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

things done smoothly.”

through his nose and looked away for a second, then bent down and

“Wait, I

one last time. Because you got injured for

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made another reckless choice!

harder than they should have.

he carried me back down

cool, brushing against my

his arms. I could feel the tension in his

strain, but something else. His grip was firm,

no shaking in his steps. Only

down to where my own

parked.

get here?” I asked, the question

“Did… did you know where I was all

time?”

first. He set me gently in


the door behind me. I watched

around and get in.

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