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The fact that I’d never see that look again—and the fact that it was my fault—was an ache I knew would never go away.
Opening up your heart is messy—and risky. But keeping your heart locked is risky, too.
I learned that it didn’t actually matter whether you kept your heart open or locked. Twisted metal and broken glass sliced through it either way. So did loss. My heart was already a mess. That was all I deserved.
The smell of charred wood and burnt marshmallows mixed with the smell of pine needles, and I breathed in deep. This was what summer in the mountains was supposed to feel like.
“Rayna was a staff member here. Years ago,” Jennifer finally began. “She went missing,” she added stiffly. “Her body was never recovered.”
If I took my cues from every bad thing that happened, I’d never get into a car again, either. I was here to train. To get stronger. And that meant running—without a giant metal can flapping against my ass.
I would have cried tears of joy to trade the past two days for a chance to face off with a bear instead of these two monsters.
Four years ago, a staffer at Hidden Springs had gone missing. Killed by a bear, they thought. While on a run in the woods.
She terrified me, that was true, but she also made my heart hurt. Because regardless of the fact that she was intent on holding me prisoner here, there was no doubt in my mind that she was a prisoner too.
That was the kind of girl she was. The kind of girl she still was.
Miley—and her mom, Jane—loved like the turquoise ocean I’d only seen in postcards. Warm and limitless.
“Opening up your heart is messy—and risky. But keeping your heart spotless is risky too,”
Streams lead to rivers, rivers lead to roads. Roads lead to people.
“Brent,” I croaked. “He’s still breathing,” she cried out, tears streaming down her face. They were the most beautiful words I’d ever heard.
A rabbit pendant, identical to the ones she’d given Brent and me right before the race. For luck. For speed. For the reminder that no matter what happened, we’d already won.
