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 arm

I screamed.

deep voice hissed, grabbing my shoulders to

me.

My scream died mid–breath.

“Alexander?”

to confirm it. He was here. In person. Hair wind–tossed, shirt rumpled,

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if he’d sprinted the last

doing?” he said sharply,

you respond to

heart racing for

it,” I said weakly. “Tinnitus. It’s

up since earlier.”


“You’re bleeding

about your injuries?”

even

stay in that car.”

find

if I should feel ashamed

this angry. Maybe both.

don’t know,” I said, lowering my eyes. “I just wanted to

things done smoothly.”

looked away for a second, then bent down and swept me into

flinched. “Wait, I

you can’t,” he snapped. “Let me do this one last time. Because you

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made another reckless choice!

words hit me harder than they

me back down

air was cool, brushing against my cheeks as

arms. I could feel the tension in

something else. His grip was firm,

shaking in his steps.

way down to where

parked.

even get here?” I asked, the

“Did… did you know where I

time?”

didn’t respond at first. He set me


the door behind me. I watched him

around and get in.

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