{HERMIONE} I'm such a fool. I'm the biggest fool on this whole planet. I cried on his shoulder about Adam. I trusted him with my deepest pain, and the whole damn time, he was reporting back to the source of it. The sharp sound of my heels is suddenly too annoying as I walk past the dark walls of the cave. I just hope I can find my way to the exit. “Sweetie!” Hunter calls out from behind me, but I don't look back. He rushes over and grabs my hand, trying to drag me back. “Let go of me, Hunter!” I slap his hand away. I look at his face, at his already busted red eye. I replay every moment of kindness he ever showed me, looking for the signs I missed. The kind words, the late night snacks. When I was still just a heartbroken woman with a laptop and an idea, he was the one who sat wit

