CHAPTER 42
Ava’s POV
The silence in Cain’s bedroom should have been comforting.
Instead, it made me restless.
I had no idea how much time had passed since Grim and the others had gone downstairs to prepare for the federal agents’ arrival. Every second that ticked by only made the knot in my stomach tighten.
I found myself pacing from one end of the room to the other, glancing toward the bedroom door every few moments as if I expected someone to burst through it.
What if the agents didn’t believe them?
What if they searched every room?
What if they found something?
What if…
“Ava.”
Cain’s voice interrupted my spiraling thoughts.
I looked over at him.
He was still lying against the headboard, one leg stretched out while the other was bent slightly beneath the blanket. Although h
