I tried to keep the accusation out of my voice, but some of it leaked through anyway. I'd been looking forward to learning a few things from him, and his absence had left me with Britney. Steve seemed distressed "I'm so sorry, Kelly. Even if I'd wanted to tell you in person, I wasn't in any condit
Danny actually scoffed. "That's impossible. How exactly would they have gotten access to you? They were strangers at a party." He was right. Random jealous women at a party wouldn't have had opportunity. "Okay, scratch them. What about the staff? Servers, kitchen workers? Maybe the guy who served
KELLY Despite knowing I was dirty and filthy, still covered in mud, and probably some unidentifiable forest debris, and definitely smelling like I'd lost a fight with nature's compost heap, I couldn't stop myself from going to Danny. I held his face in my hands, studying him properly for the fir
I didn't say a word in response. I couldn't. Kelly had told me she'd been sabotaged, poisoned deliberately. For some reason, I didn't trust Steve, or rather, I didn't trust anyone right now. I couldn't accuse him without proof, but I needed to know what exactly had happened. Who had access to Kell
The boar's momentum carried it forward, and I felt searing pain as one of its tusks caught my left arm, tearing through fabric and flesh. But even as it struck me, I swung my right fist hard into its snout, putting all my weight behind it. The boar squealed - more surprised than hurt, probably - a
DANNY Running up that mountain, searching for Kelly, my heart was pounding so hard I could hear it in my ears. I kept calling her name, my voice echoing off the rock faces. "Kelly! Kelly, can you hear me?" I looked around frantically, swinging the flashlight beam across the trail, into the fores