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“What did you do with the body?” he asked.
“Pushed it into the water.”
“Callous.”
Like before, she didn’t know if that was an insult or a compliment. “It was almost morning. I needed to do something quickly.”
“And how did you feel?”
She jerked her head around. “What?”
“How. Did. You. Feel?” His voice was quiet, yet deliberate.
She bit the inside of her cheek. “I don’t really want to talk about this.”
Hunter reached out and pushed a piece of hair back from her face, his fingers gentle against her skin as he tucked it behind her ear. “Last night I was wondering what it would be like to trust you.”
Her eyes flicked up and caught his. “I’ve wondered the same thing.” She had to take a breath. “About you.”
His expression was tight, as if he were thinking, or deliberating.
Finally, he said, “I don’t want any harm to come to the Merricks.”
“I know,” she whispered.
“I know Silver won’t fix the mess with Calla and the middle schoolers and just leave town.”
He was right. She couldn’t even deny it.
She wet her lips. “Then why are you helping us?”
“Because I feel like I have to.” He met her eyes. “You know.”
He was talking about his dad. Her mom.
Yeah, she knew.
He took a deep breath and ran a hand through his hair. “They’re leaving in a week. They don’t know I know.”
She sat up straight. “They’re leaving?” She wondered if Silver had any idea. He couldn’t possibly. He’d be bombing their house right now.
“I don’t know where they’re going,” Hunter added.
“Lucky for them.” This was—this was—she wasn’t sure what. Good? Bad? She couldn’t even nail down her emotions. Hell, she could barely catch her breath.
“I’m trusting you with this,” said Hunter. A note of desperation had crept into his voice.
Like maybe he’d be on the phone to Michael Merrick in two seconds if she gave any indication of passing this information along.
Silver would kill her if he found out she knew.
But she’d seen Gabriel step into the line of fire to pull Hunter to safety. She’d seen Nick’s kindness firsthand. She’d been with Silver when they watched Michael drag Hunter out of a mood and take him on a job. She’d seen them operate as a family, both with their Elemental abilities and without.
What had Silver ever offered? What had her mother?
She felt like she was running a race, right here in the driver’s seat of his jeep.
“If you tell Silver,” said Hunter, “it’s really no different from you pulling the trigger yourself.”
