A groove appeared between his eyebrows. “We’re not talking about Evelyn now, arewe?”
I shook my head. “I’ll explain everything on the drive over toLiam’s.”
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August whippedhis eyes off the road to stare at me. “Silver? In herblood?”
“It’s called Argyria.” I gasped as a memory collided into my brain. “Trent’s mother told me about it. The day I met her in thebank.”
To think I’d known allalong. . .
I watched the dashboard without seeing it. Thank God I wasn’t at the wheel of the car; I would’ve been incapable of staying on theroad.
“How can she have silver in her blood, yet still be alive?” heasked.
Something niggled at me. What wasit?
I spun toward him as my synapses fired off a hypothesis. “After Dad was shot, I was given Sillin because I’d licked his gunshot wound.” Bile rose in the back of my throat. “What if that’s why she needs Sillin? To neutralize thesilver.”
His brows rose. “Still doesn’t explain how she canshift.”
“Does silver impairshifting?”
“No, but Sillindoes.”
“You don’t think that she’s somehow figured out a dose that cancels each substanceout?”
“We’d have to ask Greg. Although I’m not sure he’d evenknow.”
I rested my head back and expelled a sigh, which made August reach over the center console and pluck my restless fingers off the latch on mybag.
To think of something else for a short while, I asked, “What did Evelynwant?”
“She asked me the real reason you’d stoppedby.”
“You didn’t tell her, didyou?”
“No. I told her you came to check whether she was truly okay withusbeingtogether.”
“I’m sorry you had tolie.”
He squeezed my fingers. “Some lies are kinder than sometruths.”
As we turned down Liam’s driveway, I asked, “Is your dadhome?”
“Not yet. He’s coming backtoday.”
Through the picture window, I spotted Liam sitting on his couch. Cole, Matt, and Lucas were there too. I was glad Liam wasn’t alone. I didn’t hear any human heartbeats, so I guessed Tamara wasn’taround.
I started to disengage my fingers from August’s, but he held on tothem.
I smiled at him. “Can’t get out of the car if I’m holding yourhand.”
“I’m worried what’ll happen once I letgo.”
“Once you letgo?”
His gaze shifted towardLiam.
