Chapter 63 - The Husband I Buried

Now

Luis turned sharply. ‘Thomas—’

Thomas cut him off. ‘You left me to die once. Don’t ask me to trust you now.’ He turned to me. ‘Mackenzie, I don’t think Elena’s bluffing. She wants you dead.’

He was right. She needed someone to blame for Silas’s death.

‘So, we have to go,’ Thomas said. ‘Now.’

I looked at Luis, the man I loved – the man I almost destroyed – and wondered if we’d survive the night. Then, before I could change my mind, I kissed him.

‘Just in case,’ I said, because despite everything, I still loved him.

Thomas rolled his eyes. ‘We have to get out of here,’ he persisted, his voice lower this time. He was listening to something. Footsteps getting closer.

He crossed over to the window and peeked out, pulling back sharply just as a knock came at the door.

‘Calm down.’ Luis looked genuinely baffled at how we were acting. ‘It’s just a security measure.’

‘Seriously?’ I said. ‘You really believe—’

‘Mackenzie,’ a woman’s voice called hesitantly, cutting me off. ‘Mackenzie.’

Thomas motioned at me to keep quiet, just as the door opened and someone stepped inside.

I turned, feeling a rush in my ears when I saw her.