chapter 60

“Where exactly are we headed?” I asked from the back seat. I’d happily declined the front. It was too close to Alec for my comfort.

“Camp,” Alec replied.

“You can’t be serious. That’s the first place they’ll go looking for me,” I said.

“I don’t think so,” Alec said.

“They know you came back for me. Why wouldn’t they try looking at your camp? Even if not to find me, to ask for information.”

“I’m glad you finally acknowledged that I came back for you,” he said.

“That’s what you got out of that?” I scoffed.

“I got myself caught,” Alec said.

“He made them think he had a recipe for the toxin so they went after him,” Kyle said, his tone giving away his disbelief. “Somehow, they think you gave it to him.”

“Wonder why they’d think that?” I said, my tone dripping with sarcasm.

“What am I missing?” Kyle asked.

“My grandfather, the one who was cursed, is the same asshole who invented the toxin. Turns out the thing that Wolf Creek uses to maintain its dominance is the same thing that cost me a ch