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I don’t say anything. I keep staring out of the window. I feel like my insides have been frozen.
She’sdead.
She’s dead, and I’m pretty sure I’m in love with her.
“Eli!” Cole barks. “Where are the survival packs?”
I force my mouth to work. “Top shelf.”
He grunts and grabs one of the backpacks, slinging it over his shoulder.
Riven goes to take one, too. “Eli can stay here. I’ll come too.”
“No!” Cole turns on him. “Listen to me.This is myjob,so let me fucking do it!”
“But she could be dying!”
“You’ll just slow me down. I’ll have two people to keep alive.”
“I can look after myself.”
“It would be a suicide mission.”
“I don’t fuckingcare.”
Cole’s nostrils flare. In one quick movement, he grabs Riv by the front of the shirt and slams him hard into the wall. “You’re. Staying. Here.”
“But—”
“I’M NOT LOSING BOTH OF YOU!” Cole roars, getting right in his face. “YOU’VE ALREADY TAKEN HER AWAY FROM ME, YOU’RE NOT FUCKING DYING AS WELL!”
Riven pales. Cole holds him in place for a few seconds, chest heaving. Finally, Riven gives him a small nod.
“Go,” he says hoarsely.
Cole steps back, pulls on his goggles, and unlocks the front door. Instantly, the wind slams it open. The noise is deafening. Snow whirls into the corridor, flying over the two men, covering the floor.
I close my eyes. There’s no way she made it. No way in Hell.
Cole tightens his hands on his pack and steps outside. Riven heaves the door shut after him. When the roar of the wind cuts out, the house is eerily silent.
“I shouted at her,” he says, his voice empty.
I wet my lips. “I think I loved her.”
He puts his face in his hands. “I’m so sorry,” he rasps. “I thought—”
“Youthought.” I jump to my feet. Anger burns in my throat. “Youthought. You didn’tknow. You didn’t evenaskher, for God’s sake.” I turn to go.
“Eli—”
“Don’t fucking talk to me.”
I head to my room, leaving him standing alone in the living room, with the laptop still open on the video of her.
Twenty-Six
Cole
