I glance up at the still-silent forest all around me. “It’s… a long story.”
“Ooh, I’m intrigued. Lemme make some popcorn real quick.”
Before I can finish the sentence, the phone is snatched from my hand. “Hey!” I cry out, but he’s already cut the line.
Daniil stares down at me, his cobalt blue eyes roiling with icy fire. “Did you give away our location?”
He looks through my call log before switching off the phone. “If the cops are on their way—”
“No one is on their way,” I snap, raising my voice loud enough to create an eerie echo beneath the canopy. “I didn’t say anything.”
“How can I be sure?”
“I guess you’ll just have to trust me,” I hiss. “Like I trusted you.”
His eyes are narrowed dubiously. He says nothing.
“Not good at that, are you?” I press. “Trust.”
“I don’t rely on tru
