Limone sat in the car next to Charles, the steady hum of the engine blending with the symphony of traffic around them.

“I’m sure Sutton will send people to find me,” she said, glancing nervously at the passing cars. “He might even go to school and make trouble for you.”

This was Lane family territory, after all.

Her decision to endure everything had always hinged on one goal: to leave this place after the college entrance exams. But now that ...