Elise ran away when I needed her most? “I knew that she was up to no good from the start. I can bet with everything on me that she's working for Collins,” she added. A lightbulb went off in my head when she finished, which made me pause. I deliberated on her words repeatedly until I could rearrange them in a way that could make sense to me. “Did you say, Collins?” I asked. She looked away before her eyes met mine again. “Well, yes, I did,” she answered in a voice lower than she had used before. “So you know about the Collins situation? I thought that it was just between Louis, Jacob, and I.” Her head tilted to the side as she stared into a far and distant space. She tucked a stray strand of silver blonde hair behind her ear and proceeded to lightly chew on the flesh on her lower lip.

