Sanctuary Bay by Laura Burns

Author:Laura Burns
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781466869172
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

12

Sarah rested her hand against the cold metal of the door. The den had been one of her favorite places on campus, a place where she felt completely accepted and loved—where she felt safe. Her pack had always welcomed her here. So why was she so afraid to open that door now?

Because if she didn’t, Karina could still be alive.

Sarah could still imagine Karina down in the den, reading magazines while the prank on Sarah played out, letting out a giggle every time she thought of the look on Sarah’s face. But if Karina wasn’t there …

She couldn’t stand in front of the closed door forever. She’d promised herself she’d find out the truth. Checking the subbasement was the first step. Still, she took the two flights of stairs slowly. She checked the cells first, then the Bone Man room, even though there was no way Karina would sit around in that creepy place, then she walked to the den.

The TV was off. The sofas and piles of pillows were empty.

On the pile of pillows in the corner, that’s where she’d been making out with Nate last night. The movie playing, the laughter and screams of her packmates, all dull background music while his hands roamed over her body.

Sarah shook her head. That hadn’t happened. They kept saying it, but it wasn’t true. She could picture it so perfectly, but she remembered everything that had ever happened to her, and it just hadn’t.

She glanced around the room again. Karina wasn’t there.

Sarah felt despair rise up in her belly, and she shoved it back down. She wasn’t giving up yet. If Karina was hiding out, there was one other place she might be.

* * *

“Ethan!” Sarah yelled, not caring if anyone heard her. She banged on his door. “Ethan, I know you’re in there!”

The door flew open so suddenly that she almost fell into Ethan’s arms. He wore boxer-briefs and nothing else, and his dark hair was wild. Sarah’s cheeks heated up and she looked away. “Is Karina here?” she asked. Ethan’s room was the obvious place for her to hide. Karina wouldn’t even need an excuse.

“No.” Ethan pulled the door open wide enough for her to see his whole room. It was a mess—piles of dirty clothes, stacks of books about to topple—but he was the only one there.

“Then what are you doing in here?” she demanded.

“Well, Officer, I was taking a pretty epic nap, but I’m afraid I don’t have anyone to back me up on that story,” Ethan said sarcastically.

Sarah pushed past him and glanced around his room, searching for any sign of her roommate. “Karina didn’t come home last night. Izzy figured she stayed with you.”

“She didn’t.” The sarcasm vanished from his voice. “And you still can’t find her? Did you ask your cell?”

“It said she’s offline, and I haven’t seen her all day,” Sarah told him. “I’m … I’m afraid something happened to her.” She left it at that, afraid to betray the pack again.

“Wait. I thought you girls were doing something together last night,” he said, studying her face.

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