a grim, overcast gray when Karissa

ure, until she saw them. Brady was ca

ode over, his face

like a whip crack in the cold air. "Did you

frigid wind, felt like ice

ter taste rise

ce a pale whisper again

. Hettie has been nothing but kind to you, always s

r chest. "She stole everything from

ng to a dangerous low. "And I will help her

nd handed him a folder.

on the same p

rd glance. The black car pulled away from

hands. The words "Divorce Agreement

to her side

her voice hollow.

arcy said without a

friend of a few years believed her, but th

ound. It was brown and brittle, crumbli

have much

e to liquidate my ass

hs, maybe l

everything to him

ush the company that had ruined his family. She had always helped him, secretly, feeding him

life, she would give hi

ybe, it would

papers. She would die as his wife. She would bind him to her, a ghost he could never

t, she ca

... I'm p

silence on the oth

did yo

ng heavy on her tongue. "The doctor said my

o trap me, Karissa," he warne

whispered. "I

ut she knew h

re in full bloom, their scent thick and suffoc

ty, desolate villa and set th

nduring allergic reactions and dizzy spells, a

very trace of Hettie from

t sky. She stood before the blaze, h

d to a halt in

ask of horror as he saw her st