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Chapter 64

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Smoke still hung thick in the air, curling through the shattered frame of the car like ghosts that refused to leave.

Roman’s head throbbed, every pulse a violent reminder of the poison burning through his veins.

His vision blurred in and out, the world around him swimming in red and black smears.

He couldn’t tell how much time had passed since the crash, seconds, minutes, maybe hours, but he knew one thing for sure, Elena was out there.

He could see her through the cracked windshield.

Her silhouette.

The curve of her shoulders.

The faint gleam of her gun.

And then, another shadow. A man standing in front of her, gun leveled at her head.

Roman’s stomach clenched. His fingers twitched against the seat, desperate to move, but his body wouldn’t obey. It was like being trapped in his own skin, aware, alive, but useless.

He wanted to shout her name.

He wanted to move.

But the drug, whatever they’d given him, was still numbing his muscles, slowing his reactions, locking him inside a nightm
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