Chapter 6
Layne cracked the driver’s side window, letting the cool night air filter inside the car. He missed the balmy tropical breeze that blew in his bedroom every night on the island. He had no choice but to leave. Heaven needed him. Wherever she went, he followed. It was the life of a Keeper.
She was a curse he couldn’t escape. Other times, he swore she was his salvation.
He’d been a screw-up for as long as he could remember. None of it had mattered until she came into his life. Becoming her Keeper gave him direction and purpose, two things he’d never had before. Too bad it brought a ton of other s**t he couldn’t handle.
As he gripped the steering wheel, he stretched his neck, trying to relieve the kink that had formed. It spread from his shoulders to the back of his skull, emphas
