{book 2} ✓ - ❝ I'm tired of pity, of everyone looking at me like "poor Zayn, infatuated with his best mates's girl". I know it's not okay and if it were so easy to forget about her I would've done it already. It's not. But I just need time, not people to pity me and force me to move on. Why can't they understand that? I just need time and someone to understand. ❞

After the murder of my uncle and three ranch hands, I was arrested for a crime I didn't commit and tossed into prison for first degree murder. I expected to live out my life sentence, filled with violence and uncertainty. But when my circumstances change once again, three years later, I'm released and paid a hefty sum for my silence. Determined to move on with my life I move back to the farm my deceased uncle left me. Things soon become complicated when the ranch stock soon begin turning up dead and strange men come knocking on my door. *Forth book in The Mate series. No you don't have to read the previous books.* Cover by IsaSecret.

"You have to go." She lowly whispered , as if someone was listening to our conversation. I furrowed my eyebrows and looked at her, confusion written all over my face. I kneeled down, so I was on eye level with her. "What do you mean, "I have to go" ?" I whispered back. Maybe it was just another game of hers. We used to play alot when we were younger. "Alaska, you have to go." She demanded. At first I didn't think much of her warning. Big mistake. They wanted me dead and I needed to get the hell out of here before it was too late. My name is Alaska, and welcome to my game "hide and seek". It was a bit different than the kids played it, though. In my version, I was the one who was trying to escape. If they ever found me, I would be dead. The rules are simple: Try to stay alive.