Release

by Aly Martinez

  His eyes were still closed, his breathing shallow and his body completely still, when he suddenly reached out and used two fingers to close my lids.

  “It’s going to be okay,” he whispered so quietly that, had he not been mere inches away, I wouldn’t have heard him.

  And for the first time since I’d seen my father collapse, I felt a spark of hope that maybe it would be okay.

  Flattening my palm against the cool tile, I slid my hand over until I found the tips of his fingers. The footsteps were getting closer, but that boy didn’t delay in moving his index finger to rest on top of mine.

  It was such a small gesture, but it brought tears to my eyes.

  For a terrified little girl, playing dead to hide from a madman, it was sweetest thing he could have done.

  With nothing more than the pad of his finger resting on mine, I wasn’t alone anymore.

  I didn’t know who he was or where he’d come from, but I knew without a shadow of a doubt that when he said go, I was going with him.

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  Other Books by Aly Martinez

  The Retrieval Duet

  Retrieval

  Transfer

  Guardian Protection Agency

  Singe

  Thrive

  The Fall Up Series

  The Fall Up

  The Spiral Down

  The Darkest Sunrise Series

  The Darkest Sunrise

  The Brightest Sunset

  Across the Horizon

  The Truth Duet

  The Truth About Lies

  The Truth About Us

  The Regret Duet

  Written with Regret

  Written with You

  The Wrecked and Ruined Series

  Changing Course

  Stolen Course

  Among the Echoes

  Broken Course

  On the Ropes

  Fighting Silence

  Fighting Shadows

  Fighting Solitude

  Originally from Savannah, Georgia, USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez now lives in South Carolina with her husband and four young children.

  Never one to take herself too seriously, she enjoys cheap wine, mystery leggings, and baked feta. It should be known, however, that she hates pizza and ice cream, almost as much as writing her bio in the third person.

  She passes what little free time she has reading anything and everything she can get her hands on, preferably with a super-sized tumbler of wine by her side.

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