All Chapters of Howl for Justice : Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

My heart is too loud, a frantic pulse against the quiet. I back away, slipping through the dark with the careful stealth of someone used to remaining hidden, of someone who must remain hidden. A lifetime passes before I find shelter in a nearby office, a dark and windowless retreat. I am just in tim

I find the trail of loss, the trail of blood, the trail of pain. I find the trail of paper. I find the trail of betrayal. I find the betrayal of paper. I find the betrayal of everything. The realization is immediate, but not complete, never complete, never complete, never complete. It settles over

Lucas smiles, the expression almost teasing. “Sometimes it pays to take risks, Mara.” The use of my name is deliberate, intentional, and I feel my resistance falter, my defenses crumble. I don’t respond. I can’t respond. Not with words, not yet. I reach for a file, anything to keep the conversatio

His words hang between us, hang like the damp night, hang like my indecision, my uncertainty, my hesitation. I feel more exposed than I did in the park, more exposed than I have ever felt, more exposed than I want to be. But the difference is that I want this. I want this. The storm is constant,

We stand there, stand there and wait, stand there and want, stand there and be, be there and not be there, be there and somewhere else, somewhere we aren’t supposed to be. It’s never too late. The elevator reaches the lobby, and I hesitate, and Lucas doesn’t, and I follow, and he leads, and I fol