Chapter 148

Nora

The lavender bundle slipped from my fingers.

Not because I dropped it—because every muscle in my body locked up at the voice that suddenly filled my head.

*"Hello, Nora. It's been a long time."*

Male. Deep. Carrying a twisted kind of satisfaction that made my skin crawl.

I grabbed the storage shelf to keep from collapsing, my heart hammering so hard I thought it might crack a rib. Taya surged