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its direction. Sound moved strangely across water, bouncing and bending in ways that made it difficult to pinpoint. The odds of anyone being out this far after dark were slim. Still, he couldn’t afford to take any chances. He went inside to get his gun.

6
    Ed left her on the beach where she’d arrived with Nico back in October. They’d been on the run from her father’s men, and Angel had been torn between the part of her mind that told her to get away from the man who had kidnapped her, and the part that wanted nothing more than to be alone with Nico on his private island.
    Now she couldn’t deny the anticipation as she made her way through the woods with the flashlight Ed had given her. She told herself she just wanted to make sure Nico was okay. It didn’t mean she’d forgiven him, didn’t mean they could go anywhere from here.
    But she would see him, at least.
    The wind was gentle this time, different from the way it had been all those months ago when a storm had been brewing out over the Atlantic. It had stranded her and Nico here, giving them two precious days to be nothing but a man and a woman. It had been heaven and hell. A taste of what might have been if they were different people. A taste of what they could never be because they weren’t.
    She trudged forward through the forest, hoping she was heading in the right direction. She’d only ever made her way to the house with Nico, but she had a general sense of the island, and it wasn’t that big. There were no other houses here, no other people. Worse case, she’d backtrack until she found it.
    But backtracking wasn’t necessary. Just when she was starting to think she was lost, she spilled out of the forest into a clearing. The house—all cedar shingles and glass and wraparound decks—seemed to hover at the top of a small hill.
    The windows were dark, and she wondered if she was wrong, if Nico was somewhere else. But that didn’t make sense. Ed wouldn’t have brought her to the island if Nico wasn’t here.
    She used the flashlight to make her way up the gravel road toward the house. Her heart was pounding against her rib cage, although she didn’t know if it was because she might be close to seeing Nico or because she was scared. What if the men who were after him had already found him? What if they were here, watching her from the house?
    She walked a little slower, wondering for the first time if this was a good idea. Maybe she should have called Nico first, even if he told her not to come. But it didn’t matter now; she was here, and there was no way back to the mainland without Ed. She picked up her pace, the reality of the situation solidifying her plans.
    She was almost to the porch when she heard a voice from the shadows.
    “How did you get here?”
    She stopped, peering into the darkness in the direction of the voice. It took her a minute to see the shadow on the deck at the corner of the house. It took her another minute to find her own voice.
    “Ed brought me. I waited for him on the dock.”
    “He shouldn’t have done that,” Nico said. She didn’t know if it was anger or pain she heard in his voice. Maybe both.
    “He’s worried about you,” she said. “So am I.”
    He sighed. “What are you doing here, Angel?”
    “I heard about Carmine. I wanted to make sure you were okay.”
    Silence stretched between them, filled only with the sound of the waves rolling onto the beach below the house.
    “I am.”
    She took a deep breath. She didn’t know what she expected. That Nico would be happy to see her? That he would welcome her with open arms after she kicked him out of her life?
    “Can I come inside so we can talk?” she asked.
    For a minute she thought he might actually turn her away. Then he spoke again, his voice filled with a heavy kind of tiredness.
    “Nowhere else to go tonight,” he said. “Come in.”
    She stepped onto the porch and made her way toward the shadow. He came into view a little at a time, and she