Cold sweat instantly broke out all over Evelyn.
She stood in the middle of the alley, her heart pounding so hard it felt like it was gonna leap right out of her throat.
She whipped out her phone, her fingers trembling as she fired off a text.
Then she took a deep breath and kept running.
Luca led her through a maze of twists and turns until they finally reached an abandoned estate.
Evelyn recognized this place.
It was one of the Moretti family's earliest properties. It had been left to rot since the 1990s.
She remembered Luca mentioning it once, saying there was some ownership dispute and they never got around to dealing with it.
She followed Luca's figure down the stairs, all the way to a cold, damp wine cellar.
The second she stepped inside, the iron door behind her slammed shut
