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He’d ive ate

She’d replied, Until I get answers, I don’t have five minutes for you

Not until he caue olf had fleas

If her suspicions were correct, and she’d bet her canines they were, he had inforotten turned and faked his own death as a teen Who else would care about her? Who else would know Chan was her cousin? And if it was her uncle calling the shots, why hadn’t he cared enough to save Chan, too?

Thinking of her uncle had her auto of her father and how easily he’d turned his back on her Adding to her heartache was the discovery that he’d been suspected of killing his own sister

Her mind couldn’t wrap around that Her father couldn’t, wouldn’t have done that

She continued walking, her footsteps soggy The night had seen its share of rain Instead of sleeping, she’d listened to the sound of drizzle dancing on the tin roof of the cabin But that wasn’t the only sound of water she’d heard

The roar of the falls had echoed in the distance There was no way, even with her va, that she could hear the falls fro her

The falls, being that s who stood in judg out

The sound of the falls echoed louder

“Don’t worry I’” She wouldn’t back out, and not simply because it called her—Della had never been one to come when called SheKylie had once told her I go to the falls to find answers

If those death angels could answer Kylie’s questions, then by damn, they could answer Della’s Nevercalled, soels themselves … had clobbered her on the head with a rock

A nervous tickle whispered through her, but she kept going For the answers, she’d risk it

But if it was the death angels that knocked her on the head, they’d best be forewarned This time, she’d be a hell of a lot harder to take down

As Della neared the falls, her tickle of unease evaporated, and a sense of well-being grew in her chest

She stepped between the trees and caught sight of the cascading water She turned her head side to side, wanting to take it all in Trees circled the area Their li it feel like a special little alcove The sun, still new to the h the trees The air smelled fresh, verdant, and peaceful She’d never considered what peaceful smelled like, but she knew it now

The ambience reminded Della of a Buddhist temple she’d visited in China when she elve Without explanation, she suddenly knew the death angels hadn’t hit her on the head

“So as it?” She muttered the question aloud, not the least bit paranoid to be voicing her question to the empty woods

Just because she couldn’t see them didn’t mean they weren’t there

She wasn’t alone

She sensed it For the first ti Reborn, she felt … less alone Complete

“Who hat?” The voice blended with the rush of the falls

Her heart leapt and her gaze shot to a spot in the curtain of water that blurred as a figure eed