CHAPTER 3
CUE
Since the moment we found Pokey’s body in the shed, I knew things would be more difficult. And that bloody symbol, telling us exactly who they’re after…
It will not go well. But at least we know where Pokey’s killer is—and who he’s affiliated with. What we don’t know is whether Blade is working alone. Regardless of what Isabelle thinks, we might be up against the Grunge, using Blade as their enforcer.
I sigh. The hog beneath my thighs usually offers me a kind of freedom that I rarely experience otherwise, as weightless as flying. But today, I feel tethered to the earth, held down by unease. We’ve been riding for nearly six hours now, and every minute has only intensified this sensation, a prickling along my spine, a tugging deep in my guts that we might not leave this mee
