Chapter 4

Caleb groans.

He really wants to believe her, but he's viscerally aware of what's at stake, what he and Dmitri have worked so long to protect, what his reckless words might have broken.

Just thinking about it makes him feel like throwing up.

Still, he can't bring himself to regret the words that let him stay with Dmitri on the ice.

They bought him passage in the ambulance and earned him a spot in this waiting room, however ineffective his presence might feel right now.

He can't regret those words, and he can't take them back.

They're out there now…