Chapter 19: The Radio Jackson The emergency radio crackles to life on day seventeen, and the sound makes both of […]

Chapter 18: Sleepless Sloane I don’t sleep. I lie in the bed that feels foreign now after so many nights

Chapter 17: Self-Sabotage Jackson I’m self-sabotaging. I know I’m doing it even as the words leave my mouth, even as

Chapter 16: The Days Blur Sloane The days blur together after that night. Not in a bad way—not like the

Chapter 15: Silence Jackson I wake to silence. Not the complete silence of the wilderness—that’s never truly quiet—but the absence

Chapter 14: The Storm Sloane The storm hits on day thirteen like nature’s last stand against our happiness. I wake

Chapter 13: Careful Jackson We’re careful. That’s what I tell myself over the next two days as we navigate this

Chapter 12: She Breaks Sloane That evening, after we’ve eaten dinner in a silence that’s thick with unspoken want, after

Chapter 11: Unbearable Jackson By day ten, the sexual tension is unbearable. It’s in every look, every accidental touch, every

Chapter 10: The First Sign Sloane I don’t realize it’s happened until day eight, when I wake up to pale