Runes of Truth (A Demon's Fall #1)(40)

“Kid, listen to me,” I say, watching as Star jumps onto Hali’s lap, and Connor leans as far away from her as possible. Hali’s pale eyes look at me, and all I can see is a scared kid. A scared kid that is acting out. “Evie is gone. I told you this, and I wasn’t lying. Now we need to get to safe house, and keep you alive, because it’s what she would have wanted, and I owe Evie.”

“Evie isn’t dead! I know she isn’t,” Hali says, looking away, and out the window, tears streaming down her face that she harshly wipes away.

“I wish she wasn’t dead, too, kid, but we don’t all get miracles,” I say, and start the engine.