“I did this,” I whisper, barely realizing it. “I should’ve taken more precautions. I shouldn’t have taken you here. After Brad’swedding, I knew this might happen, and I still—”
Mia’s head snaps towards me. “What did you just say?”
Clarity returns to me. “Mia—”
“You knew?” Disbelief flashes across her face, then realization. “Brad’s wedding,” she whispers. “That was you?”
I’ve felt the world crumble around me once. I had no idea it could happen a second time. That it could feel like this.
Like I still had something left to lose.
“You—” I can see her mind working, connecting dots I’ve prayed she never would. “Your enemies. The ones who killed yourfamily. You never told me what happened to them.”
“They’re still around, aren’t they?” Her eyes go wide with horror. “They’re trying to fi
