He’s yanked the door open before I have a chance to give it a push.
“Are you Athena?” He brushes past me. “You’re Athena, aren’t you?”
I nod. “Yes.”
“Thank Christ.” He pushes a hand through his hair. “We’ve been trying to find you for days.”
I study his face and his bright blue eyes. Why does he look familiar to me?
“You’ve been trying to find me?”
“It’s Liam.” His voice cracks. “Something happened.”
A sudden wave of nausea hits me with so much force that I stumble forward.
The man reaches both hands to steady me. “Are you alright?”
“Liam,” I whisper his name. “Is he alright?”
“I need you to come with me.” He jerks a thumb to a car parked on the street in front of the store. “Get what you need and come with me now.”
I don’t ask another question.
I race to grab my phone and my purse. With shaking hands, I lock the shop’s door and slide into the front seat of the sedan next to the black-haired man.
Once the car starts and he’s pulled out into the street, he glances at me. “I’m Sebastian Wolf. I’m Liam’s brother.”
The question I want to ask is buried beneath the lump in my throat.
Please let Liam be alive.
Please, God, let him be okay.
Give me a chance to tell him I love him.
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
Athena
I sprintthrough the hospital with Sebastian Wolf on my heel.
Once we pulled into a parking spot he told me where we were headed.
I was out of the car before he had his seat belt unbuckled. He called after me to get to the sixth floor.
There was a small crowd gathered at the bank of elevators in the lobby, so I took the stairs.
I’m racing forward without any clear direction.
All I know is that I need to get to the cardiac intensive care unit.
“Next right!” Sebastian yells from behind me. “Then the next left after that.”
I nod my head even though I have no idea if he’s noticing.
“Right,” he calls out as I head toward a dead end.
My boot slips on the tile floor as I turn sharply to the right.
