Chapter Thirty-Seven
My eyes widened and I wanted to ask him what he meant. He stopped looking up at an apartment building. It was an older brown brick building. The sidewalk cracked along the path and the grass was overgrown and I could smell the scent of desperation in the air.
Humans naturally tended to avoid us, but I had the feeling that wasn’t why there was no one outside at this time of night.
“This is it,” I said, not a question. More of a statement.
“Yeah,” Kaji replied, and we made our way up the steps, entering the building before heading to the stairwell.
Kaji and I stopped in front of an off-white door. The wood was cheap and thin, making me bite the inside of my cheek. He pulled out a thin black leather wallet from inside his hoodie.
I knew it was her apartment, eve
