Chasing Hope (IceHawks #3)

13. Matteo

Matteo

One Day Later

Ipoke my head into Evie’s bedroom. It’s still pitch black, the curtains firmly shut. “I cooked your favorite—lasagna. Would you like some?”

“No, thank you,” Evie croaks, not moving from the cocoon she created for herself in the sheets.

My throat is thick, my heart heavy as I look into her dead, lifeless eyes.

The spark that had rekindled has officially been snuffed out.

There is no longer any light within Evie Ellington.