(Eleanor's POV)
The second I lifted my foot, the warehouse held its breath.
There was no explosion. Not even a click.
For half a second I didn’t believe it. Then Elise exhaled hard and nodded. “Go. Now.”
Everything hit me at once.
I rushed to Tiffany. My hands were shaking so bad I could barely get the tape off her mouth. A whimper escaped her the moment her lips were free and then she sobbed, uncontrollably.
I didn’t know what to tell her. I didn’t know how to explain that she’d been dragged into chaos she didn’t even remember being part of. So I didn’t explain.
I stood up and pulled her into a bone-crushing hug.
She stiffened for a second. Then she melted. She sobbed into my shoulder, gripping the back of my shirt like I was the only solid thing in the world. She still hadn
