I slammed on the brakes.
She threw the door open and jumped out before I could stop her.
“Seph, wait!”
But she was already running toward a sign on the side of the highway.
She stopped in front of it, her cheeks flushed, her eyes wild.
I read the words.
Blackwater Point — turn left.
Her hand flew to her mouth.
“Oh my god,” she whispered.
“What? What is it?”
“Blackwater Point. My father said that’s where Marr is.”
“What? When?”
“I went to see him. Dev took me.”
“Dev took you? What the hell?”
Why the hell didn’t Elliot tell me?
“Look, that doesn’t matter. Listen to me, Kieran. Marr has Echo. At Blackwater Point.”
“Echo? Your ghost?”
“She is a person, Kieran! A real person. Marr has her in this tank. I told her I would save her. I promised her.”
“Whoa, slow down. Seph, we are in no position to raid Marr’s lab right now and you know that. It’s just the two of us.”
“I’m not asking you to raid it! Can’t we just go check it out? See what’s there?”
“And if Marr catches you?”
“He won’t. Please, Kieran. Just a look. Recon. That’s all.”
“Recon?”
I hid my smirk.
“Kieran, I can’t leave her to suffer. You know that.”
She fixed those dark, starlight eyes on me and I faltered. I had to clench my fist to stop myself reaching for her.
I growled under my breath. “Fine. But we will look only. Nothing else. Is that clear?”
She crossed her heart. “Crystal.”
“And we can’t take the car in. We will have to hide it and walk in.”
“Fine.” She nodded eagerly. Then she finally looked at me and smiled. “Thank you, Kieran.”
