Chapter Sixteen

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

They drove until it was time to fuel the truck.

“I’ll gas. How about you run in and grab some snacks?”

“Sure thing, Lu.”

She kissed him and hopped out. Touched the ground with the flat of her hands stretched.

“I feel like I’m turning to stone, baby,” she said.

Lu rolled his shoulders, popped his neck. “I know the feeling. Maybe we can get into town early, go on a walk or something tonight.”

“Or a hunt?”

Her reflection showed her eyes glittering with a new kind of light.

It was beautiful.

“That, too,” he answered, and his heart felt that now familiar piercing sensation. He knew it was love.

She ran into the gas station. Cast a longing glimpse at the sodas and candy bars, but headed straight for the ladies room instead.

Montessa finished up, washed her hands, and splashed cold water on her face. She studied herself in the mirror. No makeup. No stripper Ruby body glitter. No bruises or burns or bandages. Her face was a different sort of lovely. Eyes too large,