The interior of the SUV felt like a cage.
Kieran was breathing so heavily the windshield was starting to fog.
The road stretched endlessly ahead of him.
Trees. Nothing but trees.
He didn't even know where he was going anymore, only that he had to keep moving. He had to find them.
For the first time in his life, Kieran reached for something he didn't believe in. God.
His entire life had been built on control, calculation, and cold decisions.
But now—
Now he found himself whispering the same prayer over and over under his breath.
Please.
Just let them be alive.
Let them be safe.
The phone sat on the dashboard, the speakerphone crackling with the sounds of a literal war zone back at Valentin's estate.
