THE HEIRESS
Across from them, Luca held a compress against his shoulder, blood seeping through gauze, gaze fixed on the dark ridges below.
No one spoke until the chopper banked toward a narrow valley.
“Safehouse?” Adrian asked.
“An old diplomatic relay station,” Luca said, voice rough. “Abandoned, still secure. We’ll have six hours before anyone traces the flight.”
Evelyn’s eyes closed briefly, six hours to plan a lifetime. When she opened them again, the sky had broken into pink above the glaciers.
The safehouse was carved halfway into the mountainside: glass and stone blending into snow, the world reflected in every panel. A single fireplace burned inside, spilling gold light across concrete floors.
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