Chapter 73

"Yeah," she nods slightly. "They're more like flashbacks to what happened than anything. I remember more bits and pieces of it, and I was going to tell you the conversation they had after they shifted back and walked away, but then we started talking about that—and..." She trails off and speaks again a moment later. "Yeah..." "It's okay," Norah reassures. "Tell us what happened." "They weren't planning on killing me," is what she starts with, which causes breaths to be held around the room. Rowan wants to say something, and he opens his mouth to say it, but he backs down last second and lets the girl speak. "They knew I was still alive when they left, and they purposefully said what they did so I would hear it and pass the message along." Norah lifts her head and moves out of Evan's hold. He lets her and watches as she sits down on the bed beside Carlina. "What did they say?" She asks in a whisper. "One of them wanted to finish me off