Page 87 of Fangs
“—okay? Freckles? Can you hear me?” Some of the tension in his face faded when I nodded. “There’s no one in there. I’m guessin’ that’s the same scent as the soap?”
I nodded again, inhaling deeply through my nose.
“Any idea who would do this?”
I shook my head.
“How about why?”
I looked away, staring out at the hold.Why?That was pretty fucking obvious, wasn’t it?
Lee took my free hand, squeezing gently. When I didn’t jerk my hand away, he stepped closer and pulled me into a hug. I still had one hand clasped over my mouth and my face pressed against his chest. I stood there numbly, not reciprocating but also not pulling away. My thoughts tumbled over each other like falling rocks.
You were sad. You wanted me to hold you, so I held you.
“What’s goin’ on?”
Griz’s voice was sharper than usual. Lee answered, and I focused on the feeling of his voice rumbling in his chest instead of the actual words.
“What?” Griz sounded furious.
“Go look,” Lee said.
“Bones?” Griz asked instead.
I pulled away from Lee and looked at him. Griz studied me silently, but he didn’t speak, and that hollow feeling intensified.
“Stay here,” he finally said. “I’m gonna go look.”
I watched him walk up to the clinic and enter. A dull ringing sound filled my ears.
MURDERER.
Something touched my face, and I jerked away, startled.
“Wait, hold on. Hold still,” Lee commanded.
I froze, watching him. He stepped closer again and gently gripped my jaw with one hand while using the other to place a finger on my cheek. His brow furrowed in concentration as he moved his finger toward my chin and then back up toward my ear. Was he drawing something?
“What are you doing?” I finally asked.
“I thought so!” he said.
“What?”
“You have constellations in your freckles.” He met my eyes, grinning.
I stared at him.
“I just found Orion.”
I continued to stare at him. All the frantic thoughts in my head had come to a screeching halt.
“I swear I found Ursa Minor when we were in the cave.”
I blinked, and his grin widened.
“What, no one’s ever told you that you have a map of the stars on your face?”
