The SUV glided through the empty city streets, the engine humming low under Malik’s skilled hands. The adrenaline from the escape still clung to the cabin like a second skin, everyone felt it. The air inside was thick, dense with unsaid things.

Devon sat quietly beside Katherine in the back seat, occasionally glancing at Kingsley, who was slouched between them. Kingsley’s head leaned against the window, eyes half-closed, the faint city lights flickering across his pale face. His body was ...