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Chapters (78)
  1. Cover
  2. Back Cover Text
  3. Wanted
  4. Back Cover Text
  5. CHAPTER ONE
  6. CHAPTER TWO
  7. CHAPTER THREE
  8. CHAPTER FOUR
  9. CHAPTER FIVE
  10. CHAPTER SIX
  11. CHAPTER SEVEN
  12. CHAPTER EIGHT
  13. CHAPTER NINE
  14. CHAPTER TEN
  15. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  16. CHAPTER TWELVE
  17. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  19. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  21. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  22. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  23. The Siren
  24. Back Cover Text
  25. Chapter One
  26. Chapter Two
  27. Chapter Three
  28. Chapter Four
  29. Chapter Five
  30. Chapter Six
  31. Chapter Seven
  32. Chapter Eight
  33. Chapter Nine
  34. Chapter Ten
  35. Chapter Eleven
  36. Chapter Twelve
  37. Chapter Thirteen
  38. Chapter Fourteen
  39. Chapter Fifteen
  40. Chapter Sixteen
  41. Chapter Seventeen
  42. Chapter Eighteen
  43. Chapter Nineteen
  44. Chapter Twenty
  45. Chapter Twenty-One
  46. Chapter Twenty-Two
  47. Chapter Twenty-Three
  48. Chapter Twenty-Four
  49. Chapter Twenty-Five
  50. Chapter Twenty-Six
  51. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  52. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  53. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  54. Chapter Thirty
  55. Chapter Thirty-One
  56. Chapter Thirty-Two
  57. Chapter Thirty-Three
  58. Chapter Thirty-Four
  59. Chapter Thirty-Five
  60. Hold Tight
  61. Back Cover Text
  62. Prologue
  63. Chapter One
  64. Chapter Two
  65. Chapter Three
  66. Chapter Four
  67. Chapter Five
  68. Chapter Six
  69. Chapter Seven
  70. Chapter Eight
  71. Chapter Nine
  72. Chapter Ten
  73. Chapter Eleven
  74. Chapter Twelve
  75. Epilogue: Royce
  76. Epilogue: Pandora
  77. Excerpt
  78. BPA

“Hello,” Wesley said and Zach winced with sympathy at the pain in the boy’s voice.

Nora stood with her arms crossed and leaned back against the counter. Wesley listened a moment and walked out of the kitchen, out of earshot.

“What on earth is that about?” Zach asked.

“I don’t know.” Nora seemed genuinely concerned.

“Søren and Wesley chat often?”

“No, they’ve never met, never spoken. Wes hates Søren.” Nora sat down at the table again. After what seemed like an eternity but what was probably only a minute or two, Wesley returned to the kitchen. He handed the red phone back to Nora.

“What did he want, Wes?” Nora asked.

Zach studied Wesley’s face. The boy looked flushed and fearful.

“He thanked me.”

“Thanked you for what?” she asked.

“For pulling that guy off you yesterday. He said that as he was no longer in a position to protect you, he was grateful you had someone who was seeing to your safety.”

Nora laughed a little.

“That sounds like him. What did you say?”

“I said ‘you’re welcome.’ I didn’t know what else to say. Nora, how did he even know about what happened?”

“If it involves me, he knows.”

“Why did he call me?”

“Because he’s Søren,” she said. “And he was grateful to you. That simple.”

“I didn’t pull that guy away from you for him, Nora. I did it for you.”

“I know you did. But Søren—”

“He still thinks he owns you, doesn’t he?”

“He still loves me.”

Wesley turned away from Nora. He picked up his plate and dumped his uneaten omelet in the trash bin. He looked back at Nora on his way out of the kitchen.

“I thought he was in your past,” Wesley said, and Zach saw the twin demons of sorrow and jealously in Wesley’s expression.

“I can’t help it if he doesn’t want to stay there,” Nora said.

Wesley left, and Nora started playing with her food again. She didn’t take a single bite.

“Nora, are you all right?”

Nora stood up and let her breakfast join Wesley’s in the trash.

“Come on, Zach. I’ll take you home.” Nora held out her hand.

Zach looked at her hand but didn’t take it.

“I’ve called a cab.”

Chapter Fourteen

CHAPTER 14