CHAPTER 24 The silence was haunting. Heavy. Relentless. Icicles of loneliness weighing down on her heart. Why had she let any of this happen? She should have never gotten in the car with Raphael last week. Never left Glennallen. But then what? Wait to get killed by the man who followed him to Alaska? Raphael. She would never see him again. She knew it just as plainly as if he had died from his injuries. Maybe he would die. Lacy saw the next few weeks stretch lifelessly before her. Checking the Alaska Daily News website, constantly reloading to see if there was any information of his passing. Would the media find it newsworthy enough to report? Would anybody else in the entire blasted state care? Would she ever know what happened to him? She had been mad at God, angry at him for forcing