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to believe you’re dead, as do your friends. You’re right, the Elders will be enjoying this – they will be almost high on her despair – so high that they will take their eye off us and what we’re really planning.”
“And what is that?” I asked her.
“To unmask the photographer,” Lilly said right back with a knowing smile.
Chapter Ten
Potter
I had seen the photographer once before. Whoev er was hiding beneath that hoodie had snapped a picture of me holding the dead body of that wolf boy – Dorsey, I think his name was. Whatever, I’d been set up by the dickhead sitting on the bench next to me and Lilly. That photograph had been used to convict me and send me to the guillotine.
“Ask your friend who the photographer is,” I said to Lilly, pointing at Jack. I really didn’t know if I could trust either of these wolves. I’d put my trust in the Lycanthrope before and got myself in the shit. Why should it be any different now?
“What’s that s’posed to mean?” Jack snarled back at me.
“Oh come on, Jack,” I glared back. “You set me up with that wolf teacher and her sidekick pupil. You got the photographer to share a Kodak moment with me and the dead boy.”
“I set you up because I wanted Kiera to see what a lying-cheating little turd you really are,” Jack said. “I didn’t ask the photographer to photograph you with the dead boy. I was kinda hoping that those two wolves were going to tear your freaking heart out.”
“I got a good fucking kick-in, thanks to your mate,” I said to Lilly, remembering how those Skin-walker cops had turned up and beaten the shit out of me in the snow.
“Look, we can sit here forever more blaming each other for events that have happened in the past,” Lilly said, looking frustrated with the both of us. “But it’s not going to solve anything. If we are going to push back, you two have got to learn to accept that for now, you’re on the same side – on the same team.”
Jack looked at me and I looked away. I didn’t know if being on the same team was possible for me and Jack. But I bit my tongue and said nothing more. I would suffer his company for now, only because it would help Kiera. There was no other reason, and deep in my heart I was never gonna trust him and I was gonna keep my wits about me around Lilly Blu. After all, both of them were wolves. Then, trying to ease my aching conscience a little, I looked at Lilly and said, “You know it wasn’t just me going in search of Sophie that made her remember the world before it got pushed. Somebody had been sending her those letters I had once written to her. Was that the photographer, too?”
“Yes,” Lilly said.
“But why send those letters to Sophie?” I asked. “What was the point?”
“What was the point in you going to find her again?” Lilly came back quickly at me.
“Because…” I started.
“Because you still had feelings for her,” Lilly cut over me. “Noah believes that the photographer wanted to awaken the feelings that Sophie once had for you, so when you came together again you would resume that love affair. Now can you imagine how much pain that would have caused…”
“Kiera,” I whispered, before she had a chance to finish. “But I stayed true to Kiera.”
“When that didn’t work, a picture with the word push was left in Kiera’s flat for you or her to find, it didn’t matter who, as long as it worked its way back to her,” Lilly said. “The photographer knew the picture would awaken Kiera’s feelings for her father and she would go in search of him. With the word ‘push’ written on the back, Kiera would somehow believe it was her destiny to find her father again. Get a second shot at some happiness. After all, she had found little to be happy about in this new world.”
“But that photograph led her to me,” Jack grunted, his crazy yellow eyes fading in brightness. It was something close to a look of remorse – something I had
“And what is that?” I asked her.
“To unmask the photographer,” Lilly said right back with a knowing smile.
Chapter Ten
Potter
I had seen the photographer once before. Whoev er was hiding beneath that hoodie had snapped a picture of me holding the dead body of that wolf boy – Dorsey, I think his name was. Whatever, I’d been set up by the dickhead sitting on the bench next to me and Lilly. That photograph had been used to convict me and send me to the guillotine.
“Ask your friend who the photographer is,” I said to Lilly, pointing at Jack. I really didn’t know if I could trust either of these wolves. I’d put my trust in the Lycanthrope before and got myself in the shit. Why should it be any different now?
“What’s that s’posed to mean?” Jack snarled back at me.
“Oh come on, Jack,” I glared back. “You set me up with that wolf teacher and her sidekick pupil. You got the photographer to share a Kodak moment with me and the dead boy.”
“I set you up because I wanted Kiera to see what a lying-cheating little turd you really are,” Jack said. “I didn’t ask the photographer to photograph you with the dead boy. I was kinda hoping that those two wolves were going to tear your freaking heart out.”
“I got a good fucking kick-in, thanks to your mate,” I said to Lilly, remembering how those Skin-walker cops had turned up and beaten the shit out of me in the snow.
“Look, we can sit here forever more blaming each other for events that have happened in the past,” Lilly said, looking frustrated with the both of us. “But it’s not going to solve anything. If we are going to push back, you two have got to learn to accept that for now, you’re on the same side – on the same team.”
Jack looked at me and I looked away. I didn’t know if being on the same team was possible for me and Jack. But I bit my tongue and said nothing more. I would suffer his company for now, only because it would help Kiera. There was no other reason, and deep in my heart I was never gonna trust him and I was gonna keep my wits about me around Lilly Blu. After all, both of them were wolves. Then, trying to ease my aching conscience a little, I looked at Lilly and said, “You know it wasn’t just me going in search of Sophie that made her remember the world before it got pushed. Somebody had been sending her those letters I had once written to her. Was that the photographer, too?”
“Yes,” Lilly said.
“But why send those letters to Sophie?” I asked. “What was the point?”
“What was the point in you going to find her again?” Lilly came back quickly at me.
“Because…” I started.
“Because you still had feelings for her,” Lilly cut over me. “Noah believes that the photographer wanted to awaken the feelings that Sophie once had for you, so when you came together again you would resume that love affair. Now can you imagine how much pain that would have caused…”
“Kiera,” I whispered, before she had a chance to finish. “But I stayed true to Kiera.”
“When that didn’t work, a picture with the word push was left in Kiera’s flat for you or her to find, it didn’t matter who, as long as it worked its way back to her,” Lilly said. “The photographer knew the picture would awaken Kiera’s feelings for her father and she would go in search of him. With the word ‘push’ written on the back, Kiera would somehow believe it was her destiny to find her father again. Get a second shot at some happiness. After all, she had found little to be happy about in this new world.”
“But that photograph led her to me,” Jack grunted, his crazy yellow eyes fading in brightness. It was something close to a look of remorse – something I had
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