Snow scatters across the windshield as my car devours the road, engines howling like something feral set free. The city glows red and blue from holiday lights, blurred streaks as I push the accelerator harder, harder—too hard for Christmas Eve, too hard for a man who once lived by precision. But precision died the moment I heard Luna’s name. Every turn feels like fate twisting a knife. My phone buzzes. Zee. One of the only people Luna still talks to. The only one who might know where she is. “Where is she?” I demand the moment I answer. Zee’s breath staggers on the line. “Adrian—she’s not picking up. After the race accident last night, she disappeared again. I tried tracking her tag, pero—someone jammed it.” My grip slams tight around the wheel. Jammed. Targeted. Hunted. All be

