Page 26 of Icy Cold Death

That was instinctual.

Only, Claire’s heart was in the game now too. Helping the betrayer…

And with her husband around…

God.

It was a mess.

Julian was so stressed, and that tension had been clear. Tori had asked Trey to keep an eye on him, making sure he didn’t snap and do something drastic…like sell the business and go into hiding.

So far, he hadn’t.

Only…

Yeah, it wasn’t going well, so Tori was more than happy to head West, let Julian deal with it, and celebrate her friend’s upcoming wedding.

She was not choosing sides.

It wasn’t her fight.

Plus, Hailey didn’t have blood relatives to do this with, and she wanted to be there for her.

Hailey had earned this.

The woman took a shot to the chest and nearly died. This was a well-deserved hiatus.

And now, the girls had to be girls.

The festivities were already starting, and the mini vacation was in full swing.

They may have already had the boozy hot chocolate. Well, three of them…

Sue them.

As they were slowly going down the hill, it was when Hailey slid past them, laughing her ass off all the way down the slope that the rest of them couldn’t help themselves.

Hilarity ensued.

Tori could see Bethany trying to slow her slide down the hill as she cursed the entire way.

God.

There were times she was grateful she could see the dead.

When she slid into a snowbank, Tori, Bexley, and Bishop followed and slid to a stop.

“Are you okay?” Bishop asked, wiping her eyes after she took off her snow goggles.

Hailey was laughing so hard.

She could barely breathe.

“I may piss my pants,” she warned, between laughter. “I am terrible at this! Oh, it’s like riding a bike, they said. How could it go wrong?”

Bexley took a picture for posterity’s sake—and for their sisters that couldn’t be there.

Wynter.

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