One of those lies Mavis predicted he’d tell himself, David supposed. But it was one he could live with. It would soften the blow for whatever was going to happen. He settled in on the deck of Blue Blood, sipping his beer, Duchess perched on the railing beside him, and drifted off to sleep beneath the rising moon.
And dreamed of going home to Bonnie.
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David was finally ready to begin his journey to High Tide Harbor when he got a message notification on his phone. He opened the email, and was pissed when he saw who the message came from.
David hissed. Same unknown guy who had been sending those threatening messages. The idiot had given up for a while only to return now…probably to resume those empty threats. His eyes quickly scanned the message and his heart dropped into his stomach.
The message read:
