Chapter 254

Dante’s SUV jolted over the rutted dirt road, tires crunching against gravel as he sped toward the abandoned house Vivienne had named. In his rearview mirror, another car trailed close—Dario’s men. The thirty-minute drive from the main road led to a forgotten corner where the city’s sprawl gave way to overgrown fields.

As they crested a hill, the house came into view—a crumbling two-story structur