Chapter 201

SIENNA

The phone rang again, sharp against the quiet of the house. I’d only just set it down after telling myself I didn’t need it, that Gideon would call when he could. But something in the back of my mind—the same nagging instinct that had never steered me wrong—made me answer.

“Hello?” My voice sounded fragile even to me, soft and questioning.

“Sienna?” Brooks’s tone was clipped, urgent. “Ha