Chapter 226

SIENNA

I didn’t realize how many times I checked the clock until the ticking started to sound like a countdown.

9:07 p.m.

9:08.

9:08 and thirty seconds.

Every second pushed against my ribs like a thumb pressing into a bruise.

Pine Crest Cabin 9.

Midnight.

I’d replayed those words so many times the letters had carved themselves into the back of my eyelids. But knowing the meeting point wasn