Chapter 81The van jolted over rough ground, every bump sending fresh pain through my bound wrists. My mouth was dry as sandpaper, my stomach a tight knot of hunger that had moved past aching into something sharper, more desperate. I could barely swallow. Elena was still unconscious beside me, her head lolling against the metal wall of the van, her breathing shallow but steady. They had left her behind in the warehouse. They only wanted me.I tried to twist my wrists again, but the zip-ties cut deeper, warm blood trickling down my forearms. The two men in the front seat laughed at something on the radio Lucian’s team was closing in, they said. They had abandoned the warehouse just in time.My head spun. I kept thinking of Lucian’s face the last time I saw him, the way he had kissed me before I left for the safe house. He would be tearing the city apart right now. I knew it in my bones. But the thought didn’t stop the fear clawing at my chest.The
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