Blake’s hand was still resting gently on mine as he looked into my eyes and waited patiently for me to respond to his revelation.
He had just revealed that his family was the people I was hiding from.
I heard what he said perfectly clearly, and I understood the words, but the real significance of what he had just said had not sunk in yet.
I was in shock.
I had only ever been in shock like this once before, and that was on the night my family was murdered by… by his family?
I felt the blood drain from my face and I shuddered as I thought about Blake’s brother.
It had been so screwed up that he followed Blake all the way to the beach just to mess with him, but now I knew the truth and my first thought was that he had probably not been there to intimidate Blake - he had probably been
