- ALEX (ELISE)
The cab’s windshield wipers slashed against the glass as we drifted away from the high-rise district.
I leaned my head against the cool window. The tightening in my chest was finally starting to loosen. The deployment was done. The penthouse was behind me.
Then the cab driver glanced in his rearview mirror, his brow furrowing. "Hey, buddy. You know that black truck behind us?"
I snapped my head around. Through the blurry, rain-slicked rear window, a massive black SUV was cutting through traffic. It didn't take a genius to recognize the customized Bloodfang grill or the terrifying speed as it drew closer.
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me," I muttered, cold sweat breaking out across my palms.
Liam didn't just follow me; he drove like a man who had completely lost his mi
