“When that guard comes back, you drink that water and go back to your room,” Juniper said. Without another word, she whirled around and took off.
Around me, I felt my whole world dropping away. I knew I was born of a killer. Now they did as well, and any happy life I saw for myself was over.
Rhyson had a mate. He had his sister. He had a reason to leave this mountain alive. All he needed was to complete his revenge.
And I would give that to him. I owed him that.
Wiping my cheeks, I left the spot and went back to my room. Packing just the essentials, I snagged the keys to one of the jeeps that brought us here and wrote a quick note for Rhyson. Not everything that I wanted to say, just enough so that he knew I was going to be safe. I was going to be smart.
I’d get my father to confess o
