Undone: The Complete Duology by Rainy Kaye

Author:Rainy Kaye [Kaye, Rainy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-04T22:00:00+00:00

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BOOK 2

1

GRACE

Sheriff Ditka’s cruiser bounced up over the hill and came to a stop just before my property line.

Next to me, holding the first aid supplies, Mac sucked in a sharp breath. At my feet, Amelia’s lifeless form striped with colors of the early morning sunrise.

I stood still, contemplating my options. Mac and I could run, but to where? It wasn’t like we could leave Thorn Tree. How the sheriff would react to me fleeing was anyone’s guess. And there was Mac, who wasn’t adequately warned for what was about to come. Perhaps I wasn’t either.

Thorn Tree was full of surprises, none of them good.

“Morning, sheriff,” Mac said, like we weren’t in the middle of a crime scene.

Sheriff Ditka tipped his hat, his eyes shielded under the rim. That didn’t stop me from feeling his gaze crawl over me.

“The Feast has begun,” he said. “Your presence is requested.”

So, we were going that direction. Even though I had managed to escape the Feast the last few years, they wouldn't allow Mac to bow out. Not now that they wanted him in their fold. They had their hooks in us and they were sinking deeper by the second.

The Feast wasn’t an event everyone got to RSVP. I knew exactly what happened when someone defied the town’s collective demands.

A shudder wiggled up my spine, and I did my best not to show it.

My gaze inadvertently dropped to Amelia’s body.

The sheriff’s wicked little smile flickered under the shadow of his hat.

“We’ll deal with that later.” He nodded towards his idling cruiser. “Jump on in. I’ll give ya a lift.”

My entire body racked with shivers, and Mac placed a hand on my shoulder. I tried to home in on that spot, on that warmth, but my brain continued to pan back to the thought of Mac at the Feast. I couldn’t let that happen. I couldn’t let him partake in that ritual.

I didn’t have a choice.

“We’ll take the jeep,” Mac told the sheriff, pleasant enough. More than I would have been, if I could speak. Words lodged in my throat, and it was probably for the best.

The sheriff slid his gaze from me to Mac. “I got ya word, son?”

Mac gave a short nod. “You got my word, sheriff. We’ll wash up and be right on by.”

Sheriff Ditka gave us another appraising look, then turned back to his cruiser. When his vehicle was out of sight, I finally breathed.

I glanced up at Mac. “They’ll give us immunity for one day. Everything in Thorn Tree comes to a halt for the Feast.”

“Well, that’s one thing in our favor.”

“No way. We can’t go to the Feast. I can’t let them—”

“It’s okay.” He lowered the first aid supplies on the ground, casting a disgusted look at Amelia’s corpse, then cupped my face with both hands. “We’re going to do this, and just like everything else, we’ll do it together. All right?”

I nodded tightly against his palms.

He had no idea what he was talking about.

He leaned in and pressed a kiss to my forehead.

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