Claire woke feeling surprisingly rested. It was barely daylight, her room mostly shadows. When one of the shadows moved, she breathed in sharply, breathing out slowly when she realised it was Liana. “I’m glad you’re here.”
“I can’t stay. I need to find out who paid to have my family killed. If Tobiah was the sword I want to know who wielded it.”
Before Claire could tell Liana that didn’t mean she had to leave them to learn the information, Nate burst into the room. She returned his grin. “Where’s Roy?” She couldn’t hear or smell him in the house. The three of them were the only ones, other than Bubbles, that were here.
“He’s going to be annoyed he finally gave into his mum and went home. She’s been ringing and texting him for hours. He barely spent a handful of minutes at home yesterday
