Page 49 of High Noon

“You probably told her she was immortal,” Enoch accused.

“I thought we were,” Asa replied honestly.

Titus slowly moved toward me and Maru, both of my protectors placing themselves between the Nephilim and me.

“Who killed our sister?” Asa said slowly, focusing on the three of us. Titus held my bloody stake behind his back. If they saw it, they would think it was him. They’d kill him for it.

“I did,” I confessed, watching as Enoch’s posture crumbled.

“She came after us first, though,” Titus asserted. “She snuck up on us, then tried to kill us.”

“Does that negate the fact that she lays dead?” Asa barked.

“Yes! We had every right to defend ourselves, and Eve warned her. The holy water was a mercy. She could’ve staked her in your garden.”

Asa clenched his fists and started toward Titus. I stepped in front of him. “I’m sorry.”

“You’re sorry?” he scoffed, raising his brows. “Do you think a simple apology will bring her back?”

I shook my head rapidly.

“No? No. NO, it will not!” he yelled, baring his fangs.

“Stop, Asa,” Enoch called out quietly.

Asa went still, his muscles tensing. “What did you say?”

“Don’t… Don’t add to this nightmare.”

Asa’s dark eyes glittered with the promise that we would finish this conversation later. “Fine. Do you want to dig our sister’s grave, brother? Or should I?” he said in a malicious, cruel tone.

My head swam. The world tilted. And I fell onto a feathery-soft bed… “Eve,” Maru said, shaking me.

When my eyes fluttered open,Maru was hovering over me, worry lines marring his face. “Hey, you must have passed out. You lost too much blood from the gunshot wound. Enoch is getting some water and something for you to eat. He’ll be up in a minute.”

My head spun. I’m not sick. The suit healed me. We were just walking into the woods…

I sucked in a breath. “Terah.”

Maru shushed me. “You’re fine. We haven’t seen her.”

“No, but I killed her,” I mumbled.

He shook his head. “No, you didn’t. Abram’s clone shot you. You came up here to change into the clone’s tech suit because yours malfunctioned. Remember?” He helped me sit up.

“I don’t understand,” I muttered. “I saw her die. I staked her because she was going to kill Titus, and then you.”

“It was nothing more than a dream,” Maru soothed. “Listen.” He pointed down at the floor.

Downstairs, I heard chair legs scooting across the floor, followed by Enoch’s voice. And Asa’s. And Titus’s. They were all still here. “We didn’t walk into the woods?”

“Not yet. Titus wants to speak with us alone, but we haven’t had time. He suggested that we walk to a place that’s out of earshot.”

“No! That’s where Terah is. She’ll be waiting for us.” My heart thundered as I tried to stand, pain slicing through my head.

“Easy. You need to lie down.”

“I don’t want to lie down,” I grumbled.

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