ted the city lights, cold and unforgiving. Beverley stood in the c

he door to Aiden's room was sl

the dinosaur throw blanket folded at the foot. The

set. It was soft, worn from being hugged too tight. She pressed it against her chest, b

door unlocking echoed

ed to the heavy footsteps, the r

room. He smelled like gunpowder and cold night air,

ow furrowed. His eyes

ice was ice. "I had Evelyn tell y

he dinosaur tighter. She didn't cower. She

. "Ryan came home today. Kaleigh was so

w. Her grip on the T-Rex tightened un

er voice was a rasp.

oom, his posture rigid. "What about hi

belief was a physical weight on

Then, a sneer twisted his lips. "Don't pla

mall room. "You think this little stunt will get

id, her voice rising, the numbness

s wrapped around her wrist, squeezi

hat," he snarled, his face i

grip was iron. "I'm not joking

ing her back a step. He look

erate since the day you crawled into my bed. You think faking a tragedy will mak

nder her skin, but the pain couldn't

n front of her. "You sit in this penthouse, wearing my money, while Ka

s body we

go

d their last vial of purified water to clean the gash on his leg, knowing it was his only chance to stave off infection. The memory of forcing herself to drink from a murky, leaf-choked stream

a god she didn't believe in, beggin

ne that. N

bones. But she looked at Ellwood's face-twisted with admiration

never had. Kaleigh had woven her lies so thoro

uilt. He stepped closer, his voic

go near Kaleigh. You and Aiden combined

n't wort

spilled a bowl of soup Kaleigh had brought over. Ellwood had dragged the screaming b

eality of it finally hitting her with

harsh, ugly sound

ut of the room, slammi

in her hands. The shaking stopped. The grief stopped. All that was l