Ciara thought for a while about what Gerald had just said to her, and she realized he was right about his statement, every part of it was holding the hard truth. She is not supposed to keep playing the hide and seek game with her cunning uncles when she has every chance for her to take the lead now; she can't allow them win the race against her.

If she keeps waiting to know where next they might approach her, it might be too late before she realized it —maybe after she's badly hit, and it ...