Chapter 13
The noise in the house had settled enough that Dylan heard a distant rumble of thunder. Another storm loomed on the horizon. The faint sunset revealed black clouds approaching, ones that stretched for miles. They resembled a tidal wave about to crash ashore until lightning flashed between them.
Each second it lit up the sky, his fingers twitched. He wanted to release the same blinding energy and strike Layne with it. Dylan's life would be easier if his former friend were dead. There would be no battle for Adalyn when Dylan left. And he would leave. It no longer made sense to stay with the Lewises. Heaven was dead, no one trusted him, and his father was in killing distance. Dylan had to disappear.
Something creaked in the hallway. He hoped Nicholas wasn’t lurking close by, lis
