e Harv
dow had faded from gray to a deep, br
ke the silence. Then another. The sound
luxurious bedroom. She would be co
e must be cheap, Momma," she'
rrow. She'd blame the laundry detergent, the bedsheets, anything but
stopped, replaced by a low, frustrated groan tha
from beneath the skin. The first of the red blotches would be appearing on
he cot, my senses on h
rs. It
cre
r Wil
itched and full of agony. It was followed by the c
ry, "Kandace! Kandace,
ow smile spreading acr
rom her room down the hall. Then frantic footsteps, and Dr. Miller's voice,
ysterically. "What
then I saw it-no, I knew. Adeline. It had to
on't even remember kicking it in, but it flew inward, crashing against the wall. I stood in t
t, and slammed her against the wall. The thud jarr
"Brother," she said, her voice soft and raspy, "what are you talking about
eded. My grip tightened. "The antidote!" I bellowed
w anything about an antidote." Then a pause, deliberate, cruel
oosened on her shirt. The rage in my chest was drown
e
desperate. I stared at her, and the truth sank in like a stone. I'd locked the
s he's made a fatal mistake. I watched the power shift in her eyes-fr
ight then, th
/1/121277/coverbig.jpg?v=d03bb1cdeda5e67cc037b5cee6f71d00&imageMogr2/format/webp)