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“I was just … looking around.”

“It’s dangerous here,” I say, leaning over. “You know that.”

“Trying to spot more customers,” he adds. “You know how the business goes.” He grins. “Hey, you wouldn’t happen to have seen this girl, have you?” He holds up a paper with a poorly printed photo on it, but the moment those downturned lips and those striking eyes appear, it feels like the world is caving in on my fucking feet.

“She stole something that wasn’t hers to take.”

Fuck.

“What did she steal?” I ask.

His lip curls up. “A girl.”

Fuck no.

It couldn’t be …

Cora?

CHAPTER 51

Heath

I try to take a breath,but my throat feels constricted.

“No, I haven’t seen her,” I lie.

She couldn’t have … stolen Cora from someone, could she?

“Yeah, good luck with that, Ivan,” I say, tapping the car before I walk back to the gates.

“I’ll find her,” he yells after me, and I stop in my tracks. “I know she’s here.”

His car swerves around, and he races back down the mountain.

While the bottle of pills in the palm of my hand cracks.

Ivy didn’t just steal money … She stole a human being.

No wonder she didn’t want to tell us anything.

She’s not just a thief but a liar too.

And a good one at that.

She almost had me fooled.

My phone buzzes, and I check who it is. Silas.

A smile forms on my face when I read his message.

Silas: I know who’s after her.

Good.

The truth beneath the lies will always surface …

Time’s up.