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I force sohter “Bottom line, we can handle this He should be scared of us”

“I’ to let you believe that”

“Thank you”

Mason consults the GPS on his phone “Okay, take your next right That’ll be his driveway, if I remember correctly”

Tiny nervous bubbles fizz in my stomach, but I don’t let my smile falter However, it freezes onto n at the bottom of the driveway Trespass at your own risk “He knoe’re coht?”

“Yes, I spoke to hihs under his breath “Although it was runted”

“Cool cool cool”

We’re driving for a full twodrivehen the house coht “When you said cabin, I pictured a hut with a little chi”

“We have our first plus!”

I accept his high five “We do!”

My legs aren’t shaking at all when I hop out of the Jeep and stare up at the loos fro in the late afternoon breeze Beneath the overhang is a porch with a porch swing and a single chair Beside it is a low, round stus on top

Trees surround us from all sides and it’s so quiet compared to the city, it takes entle buzz of nature A crunch ofThat’s all there is

Until the front door of the house slowly creaks open and John Thorne ducks beneath the frame to step out onto the porch—and blood starts to pound in my ears

He’s lethal

It’s the first thought that travels through er and topple antic fra contained inside that white T-shirt and jeans? The gar, I’ht and every inch of hilower It makes me want to confess to crimes I haven’t co and unruly, black with streaks of gray running and twisting in the unth

My panties should not be growing damp

My mouth shouldn’t be dry

I don’t knohat’s wrong withso hard, I can taste adrenaline onhere?