Page 108 of Only One More Lie

All Duke saw was snow.

“The storm could have taken down a power line,” Juniper offered.

Thatwasa plausible explanation. But given everything that had happened, they needed to be on guard.

“Isn’t there a backup generator?” Duke asked.

“I . . . I thought there was one.” Juniper shrugged. “But wouldn’t it have come on by now?”

It would have . . . unless someone had tampered with it also.

Duke’s jaw tightened.

“What should we do?” Andi stared up at him from her seat on the couch.

Duke didn’t like the fact they were trapped here. That they could be at a killer’s mercy.

For all he knew, this guy could be watching them right now as he plotted his next move.

However, there were seven of them in this cabin plus Tundra, and only one killer. How did this guy think he would take them all down? If they all stuck together, they should be okay.

In theory.

Matthew closed his computer. “And there goes the internet as well.”

If the internet was down, there was a good chance the phones wouldn’t work either.

Duke disliked this more and more all the time.

Thankfully, they had the fire and a decent amount of wood outside. At least they could stay warm.

“Maybe we should get one of the snowmobiles and try to get out of here?” Juniper said. “I almost think I’d rather take my chances that way.”

“You said you’re not sure if you have enough gas to make it back to Fairbanks though,” Duke said. “It sounds risky to me. Plus, there’s Tundra.”

At his words, Juniper began to stroke her dog’s fur.

The lights flickered back on above them.

Duke glanced at the ceiling. Maybe the power hadn’t gone out for a nefarious reason after all. Maybe it truly had been weather related, and they were all just overreacting.

But nearly as soon as that thought crossed his mind, music began to blare again from the HomePod.

This time, it was the song from the Disney movieFrozen. The one about wanting to build a snowman.

Duke knewthatwasn’t a coincidence.

CHAPTER 58

Andi charged toward the HomePod and yanked the cord from the wall.

Hadn’t she read an article once about how people or companies could eavesdrop using these things? She was pretty sure she had.

Either way, they couldn’t take any chances right now. The stakes were too high.

She’d been on the verge of dismissing the power outage as being a fluke.

Until this.

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