Chapter 44

SIENNA

“You can’t tell anyone, Tessa. Not even Zack.”

Zack—her eldest brother. The one I’ve had a crush on since I was old enough to mistake butterflies for something serious. Pathetic, I know.

Tessa leaned in, eyes gleaming with mischief. “Cross my heart. Now spill.”

We were holed up in this cozy café on the Lower East Side. Hidden. Quiet. Free from Gideon and the suffocating shadow he casts