Not that they had a past, but that her pain was his pain. He was beating himself up for her suffering, even though none of this was his fault.

Mayan took a half-hearted sip of the water and then ran a finger around the rim of glass.

"Did you remember what happened that night?" Miles said.

Her face twisted. "Oh yes. Jonah said if I was going to tattle on him, I should have all the facts, but once that thing was inside me, I couldn't rat Jonah out. It was physically ...