NIGHTFALL ESCAPE
~SIMONE'S POV~
The blood on Nicholas's shirt was still wet when he shoved me into the back of the armored Mercedes.
"Keep your head down," he ordered, sliding in beside me. His golden eyes were ice-cold with fury. "We're not safe until we reach the mountains."
Carlos took the driver's seat, another armed man I didn't recognize riding shotgun. The engine roared to life, and we peeled away from the dock with squealing tires.
"Where are we going?" I asked, but Nicholas was already on his phone, speaking rapid Italian to someone on the other end.
"Fortress is secure," he said into the phone. "ETA forty minutes if we're not followed." A pause. "We were followed."
My blood turned cold. "Followed by who?"
Nicholas ended the call and looked at me with grim concern. "Baron'
