C15 FIFTEEN

When Fate Takes

DEREK

what cannot be saved when fate takes, patience her injury a mockery makes

— William Shakespeare, Othello

I FLICKED MY head toward the woods, my heart hammering as if my fight or flight triggers had been tripped. Then I heard it.

The blood-curdling scream.

From a voice I recognized.

I didn't think, just shifted and ran, sniffing the air, knowing Rose was close