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FORBIDDEN ICE: CLAIMING THE CAPTAIN'S SISTER 131
CHAPTER 131TEMPORARY ESCAPE ISLAThe next morning, we left just after sunrise.The sky was still painted in soft shades of peach and blue, the kind of morning that feels undecided about whether it wants to be warm or cold. I sat in the passenger seat with my knees tucked up slightly, hoodie sleeves pulled over my hands, watching our street disappear in the side mirror.Asher was the one driving. Of course he's the one.Talia claimed the backseat like royalty, already in sunglasses even though the sun hadn’t fully risen. She’d made us stop for coffee before we even hit the highway, insisting caffeine was “non-negotiable for emotional recovery.”Again…. Talia was always like that.The air inside the car felt… different. It was silently comfortable Upbeat music played softly through the speakers—Talia’s victory. It was something bright and annoyingly cheerful. She hummed along while scrolling through offline maps she’d downloaded “just in case.”Asher’s hands stayed steady on the steer
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CHAPTER 130A WEEK OFFISLABoth of our heads turned towards Talia the moment she mentioned having an idea. But the way Talia said it made both of us stiffen. It wasn't because it sounded dangerous, but because every time someone in this house said, I have an idea, it usually ended in chaos.Asher didn’t remove his arm from around me. “If your idea includes weapons, revenge, or arson—”“It doesn’t,” she cut in. “Relax, Batman.”A small smile played on my lips, tension lifting off the air for just a second. Talia crossed her arms, studying us like we were two unstable patients. “I think we should go on a holiday.”Did I just hear right? Or was my ears playing dirty tricks on me again?There was silence as I blinked in disbelief. “What?”“A holiday,” she repeated slowly. “Sun. Water. Food we don’t cook ourselves. A place where nobody knows us.”Asher frowned, amusement crossing his lips. “That’s your genius plan, Einstein?”At first, she threw him a side eye as she forced back a smile.
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CHAPTER 129MAD SUGGESTIONS ISLASometimes I look at Asher and wonder the kind of things he thinks about to let out some words. I wanted him to laugh and say he was just joking and trying to lighten the mood. But he stared back at me with the most serious look.“No,” I said firmly, shaking my head like it would fall off my neck any second.Asher’s stupid words were still hanging in the air between us. I ran my hands through my hair, tucking the strands behind my ear.Talia froze for a few seconds until she found her voice. “Asher.”But I was already on my feet again, ignoring the little pains from my ankle.“You don’t get to say that like it’s an option,” I told him. “Turn yourself into a murderer? Our parents would growl in their graves.”My words seemed to have hit a nerve, but not enough to swerve him from his decision to turn into a murderer.His jaw tightened. “It is an option. And our parents would understand me ending their killers.”“No,” I repeated. “It’s not.”The look on A
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CHAPTER 128THE THINGS THAT DON’T ADD UPISLAThe room felt too small for a truth that big.“Our parents were murdered and their murderers also want us dead.”The words hung there, ugly and unfinished, like something that should never have been spoken out loud.I stared at Asher, waiting for him to laugh. To say just kidding. To tell me this was some sick attempt at dark humor.He didn’t.Talia didn’t either.Instead, she looked at the floor like it might swallow her whole.I let out a shaky breath. “Okay,” I said slowly. “Okay… so either I finally lost my mind on that retreat, or you’re both telling me my entire life is a lie.”Asher opened his mouth. Closed it.That answer alone scared me more than any words could.I stood up abruptly, my ankle screaming in protest, but I ignored it. I needed to move. Needed space. Needed oxygen.“You’re telling me,” I said, pacing now, “that my parents didn’t die in an accident, that I was in the car with them, that I almost died, that my brain jus
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CHAPTER 127WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. TO BE HOMEISLAI has almost forgotten Talia was somewhere outside waiting for me when the door suddenly flew open. Talia didn’t knock, she never did when she was worked up. Or maybe at all, since she has turned this house into hers. The door flew open and she came in like a storm wrapped in denim and anger, two takeout bags swinging from her hands.“I swear to God, if you tell me one more ‘retreat was enlightening’ story—” she started, then stopped short when her gaze finally settled properly on me.Her eyes narrowed like a nurse assessing a lying patient.“…Why do you look like someone almost killed you?”I blinked, holding back the urge to sacarstically roll my eyes. “Hi to you too.”Asher appeared behind me with his mug, sipping from it. “She almost did.”Talia dropped the bags on the table. “What.”I sighed and leaned back against the couch. “A truck almost ran into us. It was in the wrong lane and it was a near-death experience. You know….. casu
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CHAPTER 126CLOSE CALLSISLAI never understood the saying about your life flashing before your eyes until that very moment. The moment that made reuniting with my parents something that was so far fetched.The truck’s headlight flashed so suddenly at us I almost went blind. Everything happened at once and also too slowly.“Asher—” I breathed, trying not to hyperventilate.“Fuck!!” He swore loudly, jerking the steering wheel just enough to avoid full impact..The tires of the vehicle screamed against the tared road. My body lurched forward, the seatbelt biting into my shoulder as the car veered slightly, then corrected.The truck passed us in a blur of metal and noise, a strong wind hitting us from the speed the truck passed with. There was no two ways about it. If that truck had hit us, there'd be nothing but bones and blood to pick from our squashed car.For a long time, there was silence, the kind that rings in your ears. My heart slammed so hard against my ribs I thought it might
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