Fall

Why would Zoe tell Greta that? August gasped internally. Could she really be that intelligent and that stupid at the very same time? Did she want to die?

August felt her mate go rigid, tensed next to her with every muscle poised in anticipation for what his sister may do in response to this information.

Greta's fingers curled tighter around Zoe's narrow arm, and Zoe knew it was coming. But there was a moment when Greta glanced back at her mate, feeling the swell of their mutual loss ripple between them for the life they had created together.

Lucas saw the exchange between Greta and her mate and realized it for what it was—a request for permission. He shoved past one of the deck chairs to stop her, but Sam seized him by the shoulders.