The drive felt endless.Amara sat stiffly in the back seat of the armored SUV, her wrists finally free of cuffs but her freedom still an illusion. Two of Leonardo’s guards sat beside her—one on each side—while another drove. Leonardo sat in the passenger seat ahead, silent, unreadable, terrifyingly calm.She could see the sharp line of his jaw from behind, the way his finger tapped once against the armrest. It was the only sign that he was thinking… calculating.Or angry.She wasn’t sure which one scared her more.The city lights disappeared the farther they drove, replaced by long stretches of forest and empty roads. Amara swallowed, her heartbeat loud in her chest. Every instinct screamed at her to run, but how? Where? She was trapped in a moving fortress with armed men who wouldn’t hesitate to shoot her in the leg and drag her back alive.Alive.Leonardo wanted her alive.That was somehow worse.She tried to steady her breathing, tried not to think about the auction room, the cold
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