“It’s now or by no means.”

Behind me, the element blew their horn, and my mobile phone rang. They had been confused about what I used to be making an attempt to tug, however I’d cope with no matter penalties got here later.

The horn acquired louder as I approached the tracks, and I squealed as my automobile lunged over the tracks seconds earlier than the prepare shot previous.

“Holy shit!”

My coronary heart pounded, and my ears tingled as my automobile raced down the darkish road.

My mobile phone rang always, and I silenced it and navigated to my vacation spot.

15

Dominic

One thing was amiss. From the second we entered New York airspace, a shift within the ambiance stored my eyes on the roads and my ears on the bottom.

“There may be darkness earlier than daybreak.”

My Nonna’s phrases had stayed with me, however they had been elevated now—greater than when she’d first spoken them.

“You may have performed in its energy, but it surely was by no means one thing your soul was meant to hold. Beware.”

* * *

It had been thirty minutes since I left Penelope. My mobile phone buzzed inside my denims pocket, however I ignored it, left my house in Corniquea Hills on my bike, and headed in the direction of my warehouse.

My cell buzzed once more, and I hit the Bluetooth button. “Is that this a fuckin’ emergency?”

“It’s Penelope,” Mano stated by way of the road.

My coronary heart thumped. “What the fuck is it, Mano?” I roared.

“She’s making an attempt to shake us.”

I frowned. “What the fuck do you imply she’s making an attempt to shake you?”

“She left the home, and he or she’s not answering her cellphone.”

“The place the fuck is she?!”

I entered the expressway and hit speeds towards the regulation in twenty-four international locations.

Two lanes over, a Jeep tried to maintain up with me as they threaded out and in of visitors. I elevated my pace, and so did they, proving that the individual driving the Jeep was determined to get to me.

“I’ll name you again!”

What ought to’ve taken me twenty minutes took me eight. Exiting the freeway, I disconnected the decision with Mano and switched to voice recognition.

“Dial Penelope!”

5 minutes from my warehouse, I watched my tail and seen the Jeep exiting the freeway. I slowed so they may catch up. When individuals had been despatched after me, it all the time turned their worst day—as a result of they by no means made it into the subsequent.

Penelope’s cellphone went straight to voicemail, and anger stuffed my veins.

Three vehicles again now, the black Jeep swerved into the correct lane of oncoming visitors, sped up, and jumped in entrance of the automobile behind me. My pursuers wished me unhealthy.

I eliminated the nine-millimeter tucked in a holster below my arm and hit a tough proper on the subsequent road.

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