Deadfall (Red Rabbit #3)

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EMERSYN

I locked the bathroom door behind me and even though I knew nothing would stop those two if they wanted to get in, that wasn’t what occupied my mind. Something far more serious had my thoughts racing into overdrive.

Octavius was coming here.

I turned on the shower and the hot water quickly steamed up the room. I took a moment to revel in it before I stepped into the water’s scalding embrace. Absent-mindedly, I grabbed the soap.

Mahoney was throwing a birthday party for Octavius.

This could be the opportunity I’d been waiting years for. I remembered the day Lev found him like it was yesterday. I leaned into the spray as the past shoved its way front and center.