Chapter 256

Leo sat in the dim cabin of his private plane. The air smelled faintly of antiseptic, the overhead lights casting a soft glow over Rose, who lay on a makeshift medical bed across from him. She was asleep, her face still bruised, her breathing shallow. An IV line snaked from her hand, connected to a bag of fluids hanging above, and a blanket was tucked around her, the work of the two medics who had