Elias’s pov :
The snow-crusted road twisted through the Wyoming wilderness like a serpent, leading me deeper into rogue territory east of Cheyenne. The coordinates Darius had emailed glowed on my SUV's dashboard screen, an abandoned mill on the outskirts, a derelict husk of rusted silos and crumbling brick buildings shrouded in darkness. Cold's bite gnawed at the air, flurries whipping against the windshield as I gripped the wheel, my golden eyes narrowed against the headlights' glare.
I'd come alone, just as that bastard warned in his taunting call: "No enforcers, no tricks, or she dies screaming."
But I wasn't unprepared. Vance and a shadow team trailed discreetly, beta trackers blending into the night, drones humming overhead for recon. I'd ordered them silent, invisible unti
