Chapter 18
push me, pull me, tell me no
where seeds lie deep, there I’ll go
With Viv and Ava out of the city, I only had one option left. Bex smiled at me when I burst through the doors of Precinct 8, but my own lips tightened into a grimace.
“I need to see Pearce, now.”
“Of course, right away.” She looked at my face with concern. “Are you okay? That looks like it hurts.”
“I’m fine. Thanks for asking.”
“Right.” She watched me the same way you’d look at a tiger in your living room while she spoke quietly into the phone. “Okay, you can go in, they’re expecting you.”
I nodded, distracted by the buzz of thoughts in my brain, and made my way through the innards of the precinct. Pearce’s door was open and I spied my brother sitting inside. Two birds, one stone.
“Hi, boys,” I said, breez
