Zara cuddled into Noah’s side as the sun sank lower and lower into the ocean. The wind really whipped out here, and she was glad she’d grabbed a hoodie from her bedroom before they’d left. At least her hair wasn’t flying out of control this time.
She’d decided to start with a text to Krisha, just to see what the family’s plans were in the near future. That had turned into quite the texting marathon, and finally Zara shoved her phone in her pocket.
“Krisha knows something’s afoot.”
Noah burst out laughing, the sound joyful and his chest vibrating with the strength of it. “Afoot?” He snorted as he started laughing again, and that got Zara laughing too.
He kneaded her closer, and she thought back over the past few weeks in the mansion with him. She’d been terrified that Petra—his mother—w
