Chapter 185

Aubrey

I hear the click of Bianca’s heels against the concrete floor, drawing closer with each sharp step, rage on her face. My fingers work frantically at the rough ropes, trying to unravel the rope. Now, one hand is free, tugging and unwinding them as quickly as I can. She stalks toward me, a predatory gleam in her dark eyes.

Just a few more seconds. I need to time this perfectly.

An abrupt ringing cuts through the tense silence. Bianca pauses mid–step, annoyance flashing across her features as she yanks her phone from her pocket. I freeze, hands still poised on the half–unraveled rope, maintaining the illusion of being restrained.

This is my chance. If I can just keep up this helpless charade a little longer…

jabs at her screen and raises the phone to her

as Rhett’s. And hope surges through me at his words. “They raided the packhouse and killed

the gravity of the situation. Her grip on the phone tightens, and for a

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features, and I can sense her mind racing to adjust to this

I process Rhett’s words. This is it–the break I’ve been waiting for. I can’t

into action the second Bianca lets her guard down.

the motion. “Fine,” she spits into the phone. “But where do

get out of there now. I will call you when I

blending into a chaotic symphony. My breath hitches, the stakes of this moment amplifying all my senses. Every second feels like an eternity, and I know that this is my chance to seize freedom

her start to turn back to me in my peripheral vision. It’s

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