I was backing out of the cabin when I noticed a piece of folded paper on the floor weighted down by a rock. I nudged the rock with my foot and saw my name.
When I picked up the note, something fell out, and dropped beside the rock. I ignored it and took the note to the window to read it.
There was another line, so scratched out I couldn't decipher a word. I stared at the note for a second, then remembered the fallen object. I squinted at the floor but saw only the pale rock. I patted around until I found something, then rose, lifting it to the light.
It was the rawhide band with the cat's-eye stone, Rafe's bracelet, the one his mother gave him.
I clutched it in my hand. My breath hitched again, heart pounding.
I opened the note again. Just those two lines. Cool and emotionless. Left. Will return.
I held the page up to the window, trying to see what he'd crossed out.
When I picked up the note, something fell out, and dropped beside the rock. I ignored it and took the note to the window to read it.
There was another line, so scratched out I couldn't decipher a word. I stared at the note for a second, then remembered the fallen object. I squinted at the floor but saw only the pale rock. I patted around until I found something, then rose, lifting it to the light.
It was the rawhide band with the cat's-eye stone, Rafe's bracelet, the one his mother gave him.
I clutched it in my hand. My breath hitched again, heart pounding.
I opened the note again. Just those two lines. Cool and emotionless. Left. Will return.
I held the page up to the window, trying to see what he'd crossed out.
( Kelley Armstrong )
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