The world tilted into a sickening nightmare of grinding metal, burning rubber, and roaring rain.
Metal screeched like a dying beast as our heavy SUV scraped against the jagged cliff face, golden sparks showering across the rain-slicked windshield. Down below, three hundred feet down the sheer drop, the Atlantic smashed against black rocks with violent, white-capped fury.
"Hold on!" Viktor’s voice thundered over the roar of the engine.
His knuckles were bone-white on the steering wheel, his broad shoulders strained as he fought to keep us from careening off the edge. Beside him, I braced my boots against the floorboard, my heart hammering like a trapped bird against my ribs.
In the back seat, Mia let out a sharp gasp, her hands desperately gripping her seatbelt as her portable tablet sl
