She couldn’t look away from him.
He was a tall, broad-shouldered man with dark hair threaded with silver. His face was half in shadow, half illuminated by the lights from the cabin behind him.
Why was her heart racing?
Why couldn’t she breathe?
Why did looking at him make her chest ache like something inside was breaking?
She’d never seen this man before in her life.
But those eyes. Even in the dim light, she could see them. The way he was staring at her.
Like he’d seen a ghost.
Like the world had ended.
Like—
Everything inside her screamed that she KNEW?—
No.
That was impossible.
Impossible.
But her hands were shaking. Her throat was closing up. And she couldn’t tear her eyes away from his face.
From his eyes.
From the way he was looking at her like she was?—
Like she was?—
Then the world sped up, sound and motion crashing back in all at once.
“Mom?” Lila’s voice was high and scared.
Then her daughter’s arms were around her, nearly knocking her off balance.
“Lila,” Mia gasped, holding her daughter tight, but her eyes wouldn’t leave the man’s face.
He hadn’t moved. Hadn’t spoken. He was staring at her with an expression that made her want to run and scream and?—
There was a sound of something hitting the ground.
A woman’s sharp intake of breath.
“David, you dropped...” Eve’s voice, somewhere to her left.
“Eve?” Mia was confused.Had Nolan somehow brought them here as well?
Mia saw Eve bend down, still partially blocking her view of the man. When Eve straightened, she was holding something. Her face had gone pale. Her hand was shaking as she stared at whatever she’d picked up.
“What is this?” Eve’s voice was barely above a whisper. She looked up at the man. “David?”
David?The name echoed through Mia’s head like someone had hit a gong near her ear.
