Chapter 7: Paranoid“You’re still here?” Zeke sounds surprised to see Elijah standing in his kitchen making coffee the next morning.
Elijah’s answer is blunt. He’d struggled to sleep because though part of him wanted to run away, he found himself intrigued by Zeke, and he couldn’t give a reason to why. “I want to know what the hell is going on and I don’t mean I need to know all your secrets; I just need to know enough that I am not still questioning whether I can trust you.”
Zeke raises an eyebrow at Elijah’s tone, pulling out a seat at the table and sitting down. “The more you know, the more danger you are in.”
Elijah sits down opposite him. “That’s bullshit because my family knew nothing, and they were blind-sided. I want to know enough to be sure I can trust you.”
Zeke studies his f
