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ASHER I went to bed and lay in waiting, my eyes fixed on the ceiling. Every nerve in my body was awake. The house was too quiet, the kind of silence that hums before a storm. When the time finally came, the lights flickered once, then went out. Total darkness. The power had been cut. This was it.

ASHER I didn’t move. Instead, I glanced at Dominic. “Dominic, she’s using you. Once she’s done with you, maybe she’ll use the next person who can solve her next problem; maybe that problem might be you. She doesn’t really love you. Just open your eyes. Just l a month ago, she was talking to me ab

ARIELLA It had been a few weeks since Asher had appeared at the house, abrupt, asking questions about five years ago. A month since I’d told him everything.....the truth. A month since he’d left me that letter, the promise that he was going to come back and take us on, take us towards our rightful

ARIELLA When Asher arrived, I had already packed my bags. I’d already had that talk with Leon and Maria. I told them we were leaving, that Asher was coming to get us. Leon was super excited, almost too much. Every five minutes, he’d ask, “Is dad coming? Is he here?” and I had to keep telling him t

ARIELLA I should have known the moment the plane began to descend, the ocean below was too familiar, the curve of the coastline too. The island. The same island Asher had taken me to before. The one where he had built that sprawling, luxurious hotel that rose out of the cliffs like a secret only