“And if I don’t?”
He cups my face fully now, his forehead almost touching mine.
“Then I’ll make damn sure you never feel alone in your head again.”
My chest aches.
My eyes sting.
But before I can say anything more, before I can ask what he means or why it feels like my heart is on a tightrope between two cliffs—His phone buzzes.
He stiffens.Checks it.
His eyes go lethal.
“What?”I whisper.
He looks up, jaw clenched.
“They found somethin’,” he says.
My pulse spikes.“What?”
“A message,” he says softly.“Left at the scene of your crash.”
A chill tears through me.
“A message for who?”
Riot’s gaze locks on mine.
“For me.”
Fifteen
Ledger
They came for her to get to me.That’s a mistake none of them will live long enough to regret.
The moment my phone vibrates, I know it isn’t good.
Good news doesn’t come in the middle of the night.
Good news doesn’t come from Looney texting instead of calling.
Good news doesn’t punch you in the ribs before you read the words.
But these do.
Looney:We found something.Urgent.
My chest tightens.
Kelly is still in my arms, soft and warm, her breath trembling against my shirt.She’s stunned from remembering me, from the fear, from everything.And as much as I want to stay right here with her until the storm outside and the one inside her both settle, I can’t.
I lift my head and look down at her.She tilts her face up immediately trusting, instinctive.
It hits me like a blow.
