Returning the Light

“Why would you even take a job in a place like that?” Phoebe asked, eyes steady, voice softer than her words.

Wyatt exhaled a brittle laugh. “Money, what else? Graduated from college, couldn't land a decent position, hospital bills piling up back home—this gig pays fast.”

Phoebe studied him. The crooked smile he wore felt like armor made of spite. The boy whose eyes once burned with justice now hi