Chapter 369: Candi

Saturday. Harper's Ferry, VA.

CANDI CROUCHED BETWEEN THE rotted out remnants of a tree and a dense holly bush. This was as close as she could get to the house without being seen.

Where had Q and Nadine gotten to?

Candi had run out of the house, unable to hear anything beyond the blood pumping in her ears. She'd pushed ahead, convinced those men were right behind her. The only thought in her head was that she couldn't lag behind or else Q would have to leave her.

Only, it had happened the other way around.

She didn't know when or how Q got separated from her, but when she'd paused to turn around and look, he was gone.

Her teeth chattered together. Had something been on the news about a cold front? The winter had been awfully mild so far. It would be their luck for snow to settle in today.

Please, no...

Where were they?

She cautiously peered out through the branches.

All but one of the men who'd arrived at the house had gone into the woods.

Was this a bad idea?