Chapter 22 – Into the Fire
(Evelyne’s POV)
The weight of what they were about to do pressed against Evelyne’s chest like a vice.
Sitting in the dimly lit safe house, she stared at the hand-drawn map Adrian had sketched of his father’s estate.
Every entrance. Every security blind spot. Every detail that could either save them or get them killed.
Adrian had spent years navigating his father’s world.
But tonight?
They weren’t walking in as Carter’s heirs or the broken remnants of a ruined past.
Tonight, they were thieves.
And if they failed—
They wouldn’t be leaving alive.
---
A Plan Written in Blood
Adrian sat across from her, his injured arm tightly bandaged, exhaustion written into every line of his face.
Yet his eyes—those storm-dark eyes that had once belonged to the enemy—
