Bound by Deception
The address led to a small, run-down motel on the edge of the city, the kind of place that existed in the shadows of the skyline without ever being seen by the people who lived beneath it. Nadia parked a block away as agreed, Damian's car following at a careful distance. However, she could still feel his presence like a tether even once she was walking alone toward the flickering number nine painted above a weathered door.
Her mother opened it before she could knock, pulling her inside quickly, glancing up and down the empty walkway before shutting the door and throwing the deadbolt.