Chapter 2: Four Words That Changed Everything
Luca was already moving.
Bandaged shoulder.
Hospital gown.
No shoes.
He didn't care.
"Get me a car." His voice cut through the ward like a blade.
"NOW."
His security detail outside the door didn't hesitate.
Marco called back forty seconds later.
His voice was controlled.
Too controlled.
"Rachel got Emma out.
Back stairwell.
My guys have them."
Luca exhaled once.
"Where?"
"Safe house on Delancey.
Ten minutes out."
"Sokolov's men?"
A pause that lasted one second too long.
"We found one in the building.
Ground floor."
Luca's jaw tightened.
"Inside the building."
"Yes."
"How long had he been there?"
Marco didn't answer immediately.
"Marco."
"We think…
two days."
Two days.
While Emma slept three floors above him.
While Rachel made her breakfast.
While a little girl drew a faceless man with a green crayon and had no idea how close the danger already was.
Luca sat down on the edge of the bed.
His heart monitor beeped once.
Twice.
Dr.
Bennett's warning moved through his mind.
*The next time your heart rate climbs too high under severe stress.*
Then his phone buzzed.
A message.
Unknown number.
Four words.
*We know about Emma.*
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What Luca did next — and what Rachel finally told him when they were face to face — changes everything.
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