Joshua’s words hit me right in the gut. I didn’t understand what he meant, and I was afraid to ask. But I did it anyway. “What do you mean the Parkers want me?”His brown eyes didn’t quite meet mine when he said, “It’s complicated, Harlow, and I probably shouldn’t get into all of that. It’s just… I know how these

That night, I lay in bed, staring up at the ceiling, as I did most nights, but I wasn’t just listening to the cries of the wolves from the woods this time. No, I was also listening for noises inside of the house. I was listening for Gray, wondering if she would try to leave the house. I knew my mom had talked to her after dinner, and I had to assume they’d gone to some lengths to attempt to secure the doors, but it was a lot harder to lock someone in then it was to lock someone out. They couldn’t put a lock on her bedroom door either, or else she wouldn’t be able to get to the bathroom. So… I lay awake, hoping she didn’t try to sneak out and wishin

I walked in the kitchen door a few minutes after leaving the Ford place to find Grandma eating a bowl of oatmeal. She set her spoon in her bowl and smiled at me. “Good morning, dear. Been out in the woods already?”I arched an eyebrow at her. Did she really not know about my little adventure in the middle of the night? I couldn’t tell by looking at her, b

Another night in bed with me staring at the ceiling, listening to the wolves howling at one another, not daring to go to sleep.This time, it had nothing to do with my sister, though.

“Not tonight, dear,” Grandma said dismissively in response to my request to speak to her. “We will talk tomorrow.”I glanced at the clock above the oven. “It is tomorrow,” I reminded her. “It’s past midnight.”