Gavin whisked her away from the Vance family's private villa.
The two of them sat in the back seat of the sedan.
Delilah lifted the window shade and swept her gaze across the bustling streets outside.
The whole city thrummed with life and prosperity, not a single trace of the chaos and desolation from just a few years ago remained. Back when she'd been hiding out in faraway Greenvale, she'd pictured the city center's revival a thousand times over, but seeing it now with her own eyes, it was everything she'd dared to hope for. A faint smile crept unbidden across her lips.
But that smile didn't last more than a few heartbeats. As she recognized the route they were taking, the lightness drained from her face and her expression snapped taut with alarm.
This road, it was heading straight f
