Aliyah
‘What’s wrong with me?’ I kept asking myself over and over as I paced in front of a line of trees. ‘The cracking and blackout this morning – Carter promised it wasn’t him. That embarrassing display with Ryder; and in front of all those people. I couldn’t pull away and I don’t understand why. Or why, now that I’m away from him, I want to be right back in his arms.’
“No.” I said firmly allowed, “This can’t happen; and it won’t.”
Pulling out my phone, I flicked Ralph a quick message to collect me from the pack and dropped the location pin so he could find me if he hadn’t already followed us here from the shops.
I was about to sit down and berate myself again when I heard a twig snap in the bushland behind me. Turning around, I scanned the area until my eyes locked onto a pair of sh
