Tabitha’s POV

I sit in the backseat of the car with my hands folded on my lap, staring ahead without really seeing the road. Jace drives with one hand on the wheel while loud hip hop blares through the speakers. Reed reaches over to change the song, but Jace slaps his hand away without looking at him, his attention fixed on the road. Reed mutters something under his breath and begrudgingly leans back in his seat. Evren sits between me and Luca in the back. They picked me up at around ten, just as they said they would. Everything is moving according to plan, yet nothing feels right.

My mother...