Chapter 25
masks of snow and ice
cool hot tempers, melt young hearts
like sweet summer treats
“Keep up the glamour for as long as you can, just in case she sends someone after us,” I whispered to Vivien as we left the building.
Viv chuckled. “Okay, but I don’t think we need to worry. She’s gonna have her hands full.”
Several cops zoomed by on motorcycles, air-driven sirens howling. Lyric and Jonah led the charge, with Lyric’s attention fixated on the road. Jonah, always one to take in the scenery, went wide-eyed with recognition when he saw us, but he didn’t slow. Hopefully he would tell his boss he’d seen us so the detective wouldn’t worry.
The spa was in the same ritzy commercial district as the Enso, so we didn’t have to go far. By the time we’d reached the Circle, Viv had allowe
