"We lost the signal," Damien said.
Aria stared at the phone screen. The red dot had stopped moving ten minutes ago, frozen somewhere on a dark highway north of the city. The highway stretched empty beneath a moonless sky.
"Dead zone or dead end?" she asked.
"The battery died. Or Victor found the tracker." Damien pulled onto the shoulder. Gravel crunched beneath the tires. Headlights swept across empty fields, illuminating nothing but weeds and darkness. "We wait until morning. Then we drive to the last known location."
She leaned her head against the window. The glass felt cold against her temple. Her breath fogged the surface. "He knew we were watching. He led us out here on purpose, let us follow nothing."
"Probably. But he also led us away from something important." Damien killed t
