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Kira sat on the couch in her pajamas, nestled in a cocoon of blankets and surrounded by discarded tissues. She had been parked there pretty much ever since her arrival a day and a half before.
When she had run out on Rob, she hadn’t known where else to go. Kori wouldn’t speak to her, and staying at her parents’ house seemed out of the question. There was always a hotel, but she had craved something more isolated.
And so, she had ended up at her grandparents’ cabin—the place where it had all begun. This was where she had been staying when the Procurer had taken her four years ago. She had only been back once since.
Her grandparents were at home in Toronto. She knew they wouldn’t mind her staying there.
The drive from La Valentia had been agonizing. She had already been exhausted whe
