A Pack Of Vows and Tears

ing my phone over and over. Its sc

eave your patio door unlocked,

supposed t

k Everest wi

ust loc

urned. OK, I

y, and the car swerv

e armrest and cradled

rnal lie detector. You're

ecause my words didn't seem to conv

e you a

s to think Everest d

side-

at he did to

story. How about you st

est convinced me I'd killed Liam's father with the three anti-shifting pills I slipped him the night I'd paid him a visit. Which led me

my wrist. "I can't figure out if Everest was wishin

August's face was too dark to read

ifty sh

mile at my litt

ng out hope he wasn't rooting for my death. I'm holding out hope he wasn't

ay at my parents' house tonight. Every night f

oing to hide. If anything, I p

he steering

the hunter th

August

ased a l

d," I said, dr

lpha now, and that's what Alphas do. The

before hearing him out. I want a

should st

ch writhed like a snake. However petty, August couldn't stay. I had enough to contend with withou

t do you really think I could live with myse

made it out of the t

gru

at any point I'm worried about my sa

es were murk

romi

this in

a palm against my ches

own to backpeda

ithered away. "What do you mea

or LA, you said

cutting my ties with everyone here would help me move on, but in retrospect, I wonder if she did th

d he do

privy to this. Not once did I regret that Everest

ered, as though saying it softl

it . . . " he whispered, v

t talk a

the glowing inn. I was thankful there were guests. I wouldn't have wanted to g

I grabbed the master key from the small office behind the bell desk and led the way up to my uncle's private apartment on the first floor. Jeb

then turned off the lights. My nostrils itched with the scent of Lucy's prized potpourri. How

it make me a terrible person to hope she was lying on the cold, hard floor? The image o

me look away from the mason jars filled with desic

with his parents. "You should go." I sta

es

to talk anymore. I just want t

keted the key. We walked back down the flight of woo

ust's stubble. "Have a safe trip. And call me from time to time, okay?" I smile

lled out again, b

re, becoming as insubstanti

t August

wouldn't see him again for months. But it