Chapter 28
Blank white walls surrounded Lareina as she waited for Aaron. She swallowed a few times, trying to relieve the scratchy feeling in her throat without coughing. It had only taken forty-eight hours for the kiss to have its desired effect, and now, after one day with a fever, she was so exhausted she couldn’t imagine how Nick could be working.
She had to focus on doing her job. If Nick could dig tunnels, she could steal a key. It was Wednesday—the day Whitley said he would be back for lunch, but what if his travels delayed him? What if he decided she was too sick for lunch and took her back to her room to rest instead?
She coughed into her elbow and rubbed her warm forehead. Almost a month had passed since she first arrived at Oak Creek. Despite its miniscule perimeter, compared
