Chapter 129

Zeke was standing between my legs, his hands combing through my hair. I was sitting on the edge of the bed, my head resting against him. We had been sitting like this since I woke up. Someone must have carried me back. Mom got a little too into her fight and knocked me the hell out, forcing Lucy to come over. She had to rearrange my face back to normal and Zeke was apparently hovering the whole time. Now, he was just holding me.

“You know, you could have just had her fix my crooked nose and stuff.”

He hummed. “I think it’s part of you. Plus, you got it when you ran away from me when we first met. It’s a symbol of what you shouldn’t do. Otherwise, you get your face rearranged.”

I laughed and shook my head. “I just got my face rearranged, Z. I didn’t even run away this time.”

“I heard back from Morgan this morning.”

My head lifted from his chest and I leaned back. Zeke wasn’t look at me but out of the balcony. There was a frown on his face as his chest rose and fell.

“What did he say?”