Sweet Ruin
“Was he in a departing car? A trolley heading away from the Quarter? No, the opposite direction!
She sprinted toward the Mississippi, following his trail to a riverside industrial lot. Stacks of rail containers bordered a worn-out patch of cement. She traced past the perimeter fence into the middle and scanned the shadows. Where was he?
She’d lost the thread altogether. “Damn it!” Somehow she would find him.
If possible, she was even more determined to reach Thad, to make sure he was safe. Rune’s memory of being separated from his beloved “dam” had devastated Jo. And then to learn of her death, to feel his grief . . . she’d woken in a panic to find her own beloved brother.
Alongside her worry for Thad, she hurt for Rune, the involuntary killer who’d only wanted to save his mother.
What won’t we do for the people we love?
She hoped Rune had gotten revenge on that vicious queen for his mother’s murder—if not for more.
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