Heather's phone buzzed inside her coat pocket.
She pulled it out with fingers that still shook from the aftermath of tonight. Her eyes landed on the screen.
Caius.
Just seeing his name made her angry, but her thumb swiped across the screen before she could talk herself out of it.
His voice came through low. "Heather, are you hurt? I'm almost there. Where are you now? Adams told me you're leaving with Jake."
She exhaled, pressing her fingers to the bridge of her nose, trying to calm the sting in her chest. She had planned to leave quietly, but she forgot Adams was a parrot when it came to Caius.
"I'm with Jake already. I feel safer with him."
There was a pause on the other end. When he spoke again, his tone was lower. "Get out of his car. I'm almost there, we'll leave the country together."
What right did he have to tell her what to do? After she fought for her life? Alone? Worse of all, he's telling her to go with him. His presence alone was danger to her life and Alex's.
