"Drive, Elena. Faster," Stefano commanded, his voice raw, laced with the metallic taste of blood from his nose. His knuckles, white from gripping the phone, cracked the screen further.
Elena slammed the gas pedal to the floor. The sedan fishtailed before straightening out, hurtling down the winding hill road. "Stefano, your hands are shaking. We need to get you to a hospital."
"There's no time," Stefano breathed, his eyes fixed on the cracked screen, on the image of the burning building Vivianne."Ghost, you got anything on those coordinates? Julian's location inside that building?"
Ghost, hunched in the backseat with his salvaged laptop, pounded the keys. "The fire is spreading too fast. Most of the internal systems are offline. Julian planned this. He knows how to cut off access." He s
