LOGINI looked at Falco. He was breathing hard. Hands clenched into fists at his sides.Then I understood.Those wolves outside. The ones tracking us. They must have felt that. Felt whatever energy Ava was putting out when the device was off. Felt exactly where she was for however many seconds that thing
Levi"That's not a tracking device," Falco said.I stared at him. Waited for the part where he explained why I should believe a single word coming out of his mouth.He didn't say anything for a long time. Just stood there looking at that blinking red light in Ava's hand like it was going to explain
LeviFalco hung there dangling from my fist. Feet off the ground, my grip twisted in his collar cutting off just enough air to make breathing work.He just stared down at me.Didn't fight it. Didn't grab my wrist or twist out or do any of the shit I knew he could pull. Just hung there like he was wa
Levi"Let me help. I know how to get us out of here."Falco stood there with his hand still on Ava's arm, looking at me like he'd just offered to help carry groceries instead of admitting he knew how to get us out of a death trap.I stared at him.Didn't know whether to laugh or just break his face
AvaWe weren't talking.I walked behind Levi, watching his shoulders stay too tight. Every few steps he'd shift his weight, trying to be subtle about it, but I saw the wince anyway.He was hurting.Falco walked beside me. Quiet. Actually walking for once instead of hanging off my shoulder like dead
Levi The asshole still couldn't feed himself. I sat on that log watching Ava spoon more of that root mush into Falco's mouth, and every second of it made my skin crawl. We'd gotten the deer—took us three hours tracking it, another hour gutting and cleaning it, and now the meat was hanging from a







