THE WOMAN IN THE PHOTO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD.

there—

pure terror flooded her face.

“No…”

The word came out broken.

Barely air.

Adzo looked confused.

“Mom?”

Safa struggled upright suddenly, panic overtaking exhaustion.

“You need to leave,” she whispered harshly to Kojo. “Right now.”

The old wound inside him split open instantly.

“Twelve years,” he said quietly.

Safa looked like she might collapse.

“You shouldn’t continue reading …