The explosion sent another wave of smoke rolling across the mountain road.
Rain mixed with dust and debris, reducing visibility to only a few meters.
"Protect Mrs. Blackwood!"
Nathan's command echoed through the chaos as the security team tightened their defensive formation around the armored SUV.
Inside the vehicle, Elara couldn't take her eyes off the distant figure dressed in white.
He remained motionless on the ridge.
Watching.
Waiting.
Then, just as suddenly as she had seen him, the thick smoke swallowed his figure.
He was gone.
"Sebastian!" she called through the slightly opened door.
"There's someone on the hill!"
Sebastian followed the direction of her gaze, but all he saw was drifting smoke and rain-soaked trees.
"There was someone there," Elara insisted.
"He was loo
