Chapter Forty-Five: Your Shadow 

Avery’s POV

‘You can't run forever, Avery, and I hope this text finds you before I do- Orion.’

This has to be a joke… No, a dream.

I look around and everything seems pretty real. I'm in my room, on my bed, and holding my phone.

Dreams take these forms, right?

“Breathe, Avery.”

“Damn!” I groan. “Stop telling me that!” I wrestle with my mind. Indeed, Orion is driving me crazy, really crazy.

Thick beads of sweat break out from my pores and it feels like I'm passing out. It feels like I'm being haunted by my fears.

I changed my numbers because I'm trying to live like a ghost. The only person that has my new line, is Piper. Not even Thane or Rufus has it.

So?

“It can't be, Avery.” I try to shake the weird thoughts off my mind.

Piper can't betray me in such a manner. Right?

What if she's being coerced to?!

Again, my mind projects its ugly thoughts forward. This time, I can't overlook it.