Chapter 11

Judd hadn't planned to read the book, not when Autumn was so clearly shut down about sharing anything about it. But in the course of trying to suss out how Jebediah could have found out about her work, he'd looked her up online, read the book descriptions. Forged In Blood was all about the daughter of a cult leader. Jebediah hadn't been that, but certainly the twisted religion he'd espoused would've lent itself to that kind of narrative, and Judd had been curious how much personal experience she'd drawn from.

"Daddy, no! Nothing happened."

"I got eyes in my head to see otherwise, girl."

"It was just a kiss." But it wasn't just a kiss. It was everything. He was everything.