d frozen, staring at the door Heaven had just walked toward-a

ged. "Heaven, don

rill cry. "If you dare go to that hospital a

n barring her way as if they were

She let out a sing

ve Doberman, who moved with silent, lethal grace. He sat at Heaven's f

scue. He was loyal to H

back, startled by the sudden app

i," she said softly, "there are two fl

h at Hartwell and Constance, and the growl deepen

nd her son. Hartwell's face was pale;

the door and strode out. Loki followed, positio

ice echoed from the hall. "Don't let

ing off the sound of Hartwell's

n's phone pinged. A bank alert. Two million

sent it to her best friend, Zoe Sulliva

rried. "Fourth of July?" Heaven didn't blink. "Something like that." She bought a large bunch of the loudest party poppers and a str

elvet jewelry box, Heaven arriv

Jessi's room, she heard the shrill, venomo

uld be the one who's dead! Our Jessi has suffere

outside the do

ce. "Mom, don't talk about my siste

"Baby, it's not your fault. I

arly retreated to the one place where he could still feel like a hero-Jessi's

lighter fro

e lit the fuse of th

the hissing, sparking string through