Chapter 130

The Afternoon Before D-Day Maya's POV Something feels wrong. I can sense it deep in my gut, and the feeling hasn’t let up since it started last night. I told both Oliver and my mother about it, and even Mom admitted she felt something was off, but like me, she couldn’t see what it was. Just a heavy, ominous feeling that something bad is coming. Mom thinks it might be a warning that Maeve is about to return, possibly to harm me. We’ve both been on edge since, keeping our guards up. Our attention is split, I'm watching for Maeve, while Mom is keeping an eye on Vera. Vera, who used to keep to her cottage, is suddenly everywhere. She’s been popping up with a new excuse every other day, always trying to lure Wade over to her place to “help” her with something. The requests don’t change, she wants him at the cottage, but the reasons do. First it was to check her sink. Then it was to change light bulb. Now she wants help cleaning her yary. One after another, the excuses keep coming, and they’