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“You’re almost ready,” Mishiginebig hissed. “Okeus will visit you soon.”
“Almost ready for what?”
Drew made an illegal U-turn and pulled up behind my car. Mishiginebig faded into thin air.
Getting out of his car, Drew looked from one of us to the other, his expression alarmed. “What happened?”
Claire ran to him and threw her arms around his neck. “Let’s get the hell out of here!”
I was still standing at the side of the road, my eyes glued to the spot where the snake had appeared and then disappeared.
“Ellie, let’s go!”
I felt nauseated. Okeus was waiting for something before he was ready to come for me. He had to be waiting for the mark to disappear. How long could I make it last?
Claire grabbed my arm and dragged me away from the side of the road. “Ellie!”
I turned to her, surprisingly calm. “The snake won’t hurt me.” Not yet. But that didn’t mean he wouldn’t hurt Claire and Drew if he managed to regain his physical form. I grabbed my purse from my car, locked it up, and got into the back of Drew’s sedan.
As soon as he pulled away, Claire let loose. “What were you thinking?” she hissed, turning in her seat to glare at me.
“I told you he wouldn’t hurt me, Claire. He said Okeus has plans for me.”
“And you believe that…that thing?”
“Yes. Without a doubt. At least I got some information.”
“You have to go see Collin. Immediately.”
I leaned my head back on the seat and groaned. “No.”
“Ellie!”
She was right, but I still didn’t want to see him. I had a few days. Maybe I could come up with something else.Anythingelse. My pride was on the line. “I don’t even know where he is.”
“I do.”
My mouth dropped. “Youwhat?”
“I know where he is. His boat is in Wanchese. He seems to live on it. Sometimes his truck disappears for a few days, but his boat stays docked. You find one or the other, and he’ll return to it soon enough.”
“What the hell, Claire? You staked him out?”
“I knew you’d need him.”
I wasn’t sure why I was surprised. Claire always had my best interests in mind. “Well, it doesn’t change anything. I’m still not going.”
“You’d rather let those things kill you than go talk to him?”
“Yes!” I leaned forward. “Yes! I don’t trust him, Claire. Hebetrayedme.” My voice broke. “If he could put my life in danger after everything we shared, why would he help me now?”
She clenched her jaw. “I’ll go find him myself.”
“No, you won’t!”
“Yes, I will, and you damn well know it. I’m giving you twenty-four hours. Tomorrow night. And if you don’t go, I will.”
Drew had been silent for our entire conversation, but he cleared his throat and spoke. “Claire’s right. You need to see him, Ellie.”
