Chapter 96

Jayden's POV.

I kept my eyes fixed on the ground, a desperate, narrow focus that ignored the vast, empty space around me, but my ears strained against the crushing silence.

I was listening for any telltale sound of tyres crunching gravel, the sudden roar of an engine, or a voice that wasn't the ragged whisper of my own breathing.

Every sense was hyper-alert, tuned to the threat of discovery.

The initial rush of adrenaline, the raw, survival-driven energy that had powered ...