tside blurring into streaks of green and gray. In

pace as possible. She was acutely aware of the mud on her feet staini

p and was typing furiously. The blue light from the screen illuminated t

loud, guttural sound that seem

ook up. He didn

lian had called Liam, reached back with a

ed at the water bottle. It was glass. She ha

k name," Julian

lowered the protei

pinning her with those cold eyes. "Faith. It implies blind trust. It implies

," Faith said, a spark of defen

drunk," Julian said. His voice wasn't crue

her. She gripped the water bottl

n front of him and pulled out a document. He

ad

e header read: Petiti

or. "Mr. Sterling selected it. It's one of Jupiter's moons. It's distant, hard to find, b

silent, watchi

letters swam before her eyes. "

ou can sign the paper, or I can have the driver pull over on the shoulde

by at eighty miles an hour. There was no going back.

The metal was warm

he signature line. Faith V

id sharply. "Si

ielding. He was erasing her. He was killing

k a breath that rattled in her

k immediately. He handed the document

s,

her. He held out his h

pocket. The screen was spiderwebbed, held together by t

rs," she said. "M

it t

hand. His fingers brushed he

the button to roll down his window. The wi

over the wind. "It connects you to Ray, to dealers, to every mista

he tossed the ph

, lunging fo

hitting the asphalt and shattering into

screamed, tears finally spill

the noise of the wind. Silence r

is time with a sleek white

e encryption. The numbers you need will be retrieved

e phone was brand new, p

s a generic, high-contrast

grief. "If you keep contact with him, or your stepfather, they will u

een. She wasn't a guest