Chapter One
LOLA
I'm frozen,trapped behind bushes that meet an old, small shack near the diner, just back from the side of the road.
But something else claws at me.
It makes me bleed acid and fire.
And I stay, unable to move.
What if they catch me?
I hold my phone like a dubious lifeline as I try to listen to Enzo and Cade, trying not to breathe.
I don't want them to see me.
I can't let him get me.
They move off.
I try to move, to calculate the viability of reaching Enzo's car before he and Cade return. Before I'm caught.
Maybe I could make it.
Adrenaline is up, pounding hard in my pulse points, a drumbeat against my skull. Everything in me is stretched taut.
Maybe I could reach the car before I'm seen. Maybe he left the keys in the ignition, and I can slam the door shut and take off.
But what are the chances?
I don't know if the keys are there.
I don't know if he has a gun and would shoot.
Would he?
I don't know. I don't know a thing. I don't know him. Not like I thought I did.
Pervert. Stalker. Dangerous. Gangster.
The words won't stop and grow louder with every breath.
Go, go.
He can't find us. That app he hid on my phone, the one to track me, I disabled everything. Dumped the lot.
The asshole didn't even try to hide it too deep. Because he probably didn't think I'd know what I was doing.
Still.
As soon as I can, I'll get a burner.
Just in case.
The thing is, he and his friend are genius hackers. I'm not at that level, obviously, but I'm smart, and I can utilize my knowledge as best as I can...
Right now, the phone is fine. Later? I don't know, and I'm not willing to take that risk.
