S** Tape
Her blood felt too warm, the night too cold.
In the distance, she heard guards shouting far away. Good. But then came something worse.
“Vivienne!”
His voice. Furious. Sharp with wrath. Wes.
He was out here.
She veered right, away from the sound, toward the very back of the property. Toward the old hedge. She’d never paid it much attention before. The front and sides of the property were fortified with electric gates, tall fences, and security cameras but the hedge had remained, wild and ancient. It had to be decades old, too thick and unkempt for Wes to waste money manicuring. That was the point. It was the only place left untouched by his obsessive control.