Chapter 198

Tessa / Jessica’s Pov;

I let out a deep sigh as I thought about the last thing Zane said to me before he left about an hour ago.

‘Come back to me.’

As if I’d willingly do anything else.

The haystack sat where we left it.No one would look twice at it, not unless they knew what was inside it. What we had layered into the bottom of the pile, strip by strip.

Flame burning grass.

I remembered Zane’s hands the day we built it, his fingers stained with dirt as he placed the dried strands in the soil,