KADEN

Feelings won’t save her. Strategy will. 

Josie’s muffled voice is frantic behind the steel.

Panic. Fear. Pure survival instinct. 

I place a hand flat against the trunk. Just for a second. Just to anchor myself.

Then, without a word, I pop the lock. 

Yep, she is not happy. 

Luckily, this isn’t the first time I’ve grabbed a struggling person out of a trunk and tossed them over my shoulder. She’s a handful though, I’m not going to lie. Gets a few kicks in before I secure her legs.

That usually doesn’t happen, but I don’t want to hurt her. 

I would tell her that, but she’s growling like a fisher cat and I decide she might need a moment or two to calm down before I try to talk to her. The elbow hit she delivers to my face when I’m opening the cabin door is impressively forceful, but I shake it off and kick the door closed behind me. 

I try to be gentle when I deposit her onto the couch, but she doesn’t make it easy. And the way her legs start swinging around has me taking a step back. 

I sigh, then rub the back of my neck and wonder if there is anything I can say that would have her looking less like she’ll stab me the second she gets her hand on something sharp. 

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(Reviews coming in from ARC Readers)

 Kindergarten teacher, Josie has moved to a new town and has yet to make friends, so when the AI feature on her phone activates one evening she begins a connection that is not as private as she thinks. This reader will only say that Josie’s life is about to change big time! Told in alternate points of view, Ms. Cardello dives deeply into the consciousness of three characters…two human and one…well, what exactly is Ai-Den? 

This is a thought provoking story on multiple levels with lots of surprises. I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book. Most highly recommend.