She had a life out there.And he'd be damned before he let this place take her the way it had taken them.
He turned away from Moe and stared down the road.The one he stopped riding his motorcycle down because it looped back on itself.The road that had let Kallie in.
The air shimmered faintly at the horizon.
Finn narrowed his eyes.
The veil was weakening.
He could feel it.And he didn't know if that meant she was coming back or if something worse was coming instead.
Chapter 7
Kallie
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Kallie walked awayfrom the house as fast as the cold spring air allowed.Her foster mother's voice rang in her ears.
Her breath came sharp and uneven.Her hands shook so hard, she shoved them into her pockets.
"She overdosed.They found her in a motel."
Over the years, she'd expected the news.It came as no surprise, and if she could catch her breath, she might even admit the announcement brought some relief.She no longer had to wish for her mother to contact her or dream about her apologizing for abandoning her.
The years of silence were over.She no longer had to lie to herself that her mother was coming back.
Because her mother was dead.
Foster parents could no longer throw the truth in her face.The kids she went to school with could no longer try to convince her of the truth.
Thetruthwas her mother never wanted her.
Kallie's throat burned.She blinked hard, refusing to let the tears fall.Crying was pointless.Crying was for girls who loved their mother.
She wasn't that girl.
