Storm-Worn Hearts
Jace is… Jace.
“I’ll be careful,” I say instead.
Liberty’s inhale is shaky. “That’s not the same thing.”
“No,” I whisper. “It isn’t.”
But I do it anyway. Larkin Wholesale sits on the edge of town in a squat building that smells like cardboard, diesel, and cold storage. The parking lot is mostly empty, too much space, too few witnesses.
I hate it immediately. I keep my keys threaded between my fingers the way Liberty taught me in high school, back when danger was theoretical and we still believed we could outsmart it with metal and bravado.