A loud, jarring sound echoed through the room!

But the explosion that Celeste had braced herself for never came.

That wasn’t a bomb—it was gunfire.

“Boss! There’s a group outside—twenty, maybe more. They’re demanding you hand her over!”

One of Silas’s men rushed in, breathless and frantic. Celeste, still catching her breath, overheard the exchange, her mind racing. Someone had come for her.

Her eyes flashed with a sudden glimmer of ...