Chapter 200 - What do you know?

The car rolls to a stop in front of the abandoned building. The windows are boarded up, and the air around here smells stale, like no one’s been within a hundred miles for years. I park with precision, the crunch of gravel beneath the tires settling in my ears. Tamrin doesn’t say anything, but I can see her eyes darting around, her body stiffening with every passing second. She’s terrified, and it’s exactly what I want.

I turn to look at her, my gaze dark and unrelenting. There’s a moment of silence, thick and suffocating, before I speak.

“Tamrin,” I say, my voice low and commanding. “What happened when you came back?”

She looks at me, trying to hide the fear behind her eyes, but I see through it. “What do you mean?” she says, trying to play dumb, but I can hear the tremor in her