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“Joy paid some kids to start a fire. It was supposed to be a small fire to scare us, but it got out of control.” Ezra paused for a few seconds. “That's why I stayed.” “Are you sure that she’s dead?” Devrim asked him. Ezra’s eyes darted to me. “Yes, she’s dead.” Swallowing, I reached out to grab hold of his hand. “She might have been my stepmother, but I assure you that she won’t be missed. She was a bitch and I’m sure she got what she deserved.” Relief flooded Ezra’s eyes, making me aware of just how much he was worried I would hate him for killing her.“While we were collecting water, I heard two teens talking,” he continued. “Joy was waiting for them. She promised them a ride off the island and some money.” “And you took the opportunity,” Obsidian muttered. “I took the threat out,” Ezra growled. “She was the only one standing between us and our future.” Devrim scratched his chin. “Could she have been responsible for the pride turning against us?” he wondered out loud. “It wo

My heart sank as my eyes locked on Obsidian.I recognized that look in his eyes.Just when I thought we were finally on the right track, things were starting to go wrong again. “What do you remember?” Obsidian repeated his question. My eyes dropped to his hand at his side as his fingers twitched and slowly curled into a fist. “Vanya—”“I don’t want to talk about it,” she interrupted him. He took a step forward but froze. “Tell me what you remember or I—”“Will torture it out of me?” she hissed. “Vanya. . .” I trailed off when she glared at me. Swallowing, I glanced at Ezra for help but his eyes were closed. How the hell could he be sleeping after what just happened? I knew he was still healing, but he wasn’t that weak or on any pain medicine. “Why do I always have to answer your questions but you never answer mine?” she whispered. “I asked you if Mom and Darial had an affair and you said that they were only friends.”“They—”“Stop lying to me Obsidian!” Vanya yelled. “Tell me t

I knew I was alone in the bed even before I opened my eyes. The warmth of the sheets didn’t compare to the heat of their bodies. We fought and all of us went to bed angry. It was something that had never happened before and I hated it. I hated the fact that Obsidian refused to answer my questions and that he would rather lie to me than try and fix our problems. I groaned as I rolled onto my back. Flipping the hair out of my face, I blinked up at the ceiling as I tried to force all the negativity from my mind. It was too early to think about all our problems. My mind trailed to the things I had remembered the night before. I swallowed as the images flashed through my mind again. It was almost like a movie playing in my mind.My father had killed Mom because she asked him for a divorce. He made her death look like an accident and he got away with it.“Sweetness.” The low purr of his voice made me shiver. I sucked in a breath and ignored him. If he thought things could be fixed by a

“It’s getting dark.” My eyes darted over to the window. “What exactly did you tell him to do?” “I told him to tell her the truth.” Ezra ran a hand through his messy hair as he slowly sat up. “Vanya needs to eat a proper meal so I suggested that he take her out for breakfast.” Unease gripped me. Leaving the hotel had been a bad idea, I had told them that, but then Ezra started puking and by the time he was done, they had already left. I stood, unable to sit still, and walked over to the window.“You’re going to get gray hairs like Vernon,” Ezra said, making me pause. “Did you see him? How is he?” He nodded. “Red took me to the cabin after the bear attack. Vernon is still as grumpy and unsocial as he’s always been. He’s like another version of Obsidian but without the urge to cut you to pieces when you piss him off.” I laughed. He was one of the oldest Hybrids still alive that we knew of. Most of the older ones had been killed because they were considered useless. Vernon had bee

Turning in his arms, I studied his face. He was staring right back at me, not even trying to hide the fear he felt.It was something we had in common because it was the same thing I felt. I knew that nothing in life was permanent and one day I might lose them, but I wasn’t ready for that to happen yet. We haven’t even started living. There were a lot of things I still wanted to experience with them and my only wish was I would get to do that before tragedy struck us. “I love you,” I whispered. Devrim smiled. “I love you too.” My smile faded slowly. “Do you think that Obsidian hates me now?” Reaching up, he hooked strands of hair behind my ear. “No.” “I told him that I was going to leave if he didn’t tell me the truth,” I admitted. “It’s going to take more than an empty threat to make him hate you, rosebud,” he whispered. “Why did he leave without saying a word?” I asked him. “Why didn’t he stay?” Devrim’s lips parted, but it was a voice from the doorway that answered my ques