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I gulp audibly. “Vinnie?” I whisper. “I don’t know what to do.”
He darts his gaze around the room. “He’d want you to stay here.”
“Can they track me?”
He shakes his head. “That’s a satellite phone. They can’t track it. Otherwise they wouldn’t have told you to come. They’d come after you.”
Yes, yes. Of course he’s right.
“How did they get this number?”
“They either held a gun to his head and he gave it to them…”
I shake my head. “No. He wouldn’t do that. Not Falcon.”
“Sav, when there’s a gun to your head, and you’re faced with?—”
“Just shut up, Vinnie!” I yell. “Falcon wouldn’t. He’d protect me at all costs.”
Vinnie sighs. “You’re sure?”
Am I? I’m not certain of anything anymore. I no longer know my father and grandfather. Do I know Falcon? “I don’t know.”
Vinnie nods. “If you’re right, then he’s unconscious and they hacked his phone.”
The address comes through in a text. “It’s somewhere outside Austin,” I say.
“I’m going with you.”
“No, Vinnie, you can’t. If Dad and Grandpa are behind this, they’ll never let you go.”
He shakes his head. “It’s not up for debate, Sav. I let you down once. I won’t do it again.”
27
FALCON
I wake up to a sharp pain in my head, and my eyes take a moment to adjust to the light. Where the fuck am I? I try to move, but my hands are tied behind my back, and my ankles are bound together. The rough rope is digging into my skin. When I inhale, I smell dust and mildew. A lightbulb hangs from a string overhead.
“Get up,” someone commands from the shadows.
I don’t recognize the voice. It sounds like it’s coming through water or something.
I look up to see two blurred images.
“Where am I?” I ask, trying to keep my voice steady.
“Somewhere you won’t be found easily,” the same voice says. “Now, let’s get down to business.”
I struggle against the restraints. Fear grips me as I realize just how helpless I am.
I don’t like the feeling. I don’t like fear. I trained myself against it on the inside. But at least I knew where I was, what the rules were, and how to break them.
I don’t know where I am or who I’m with. My hands are literally tied, and I don’t know what my next move is.
What happened? How did I get here? I was… I had my parole revocation hearing. Went to see Raven. Then…
Drove to Austin to see Savannah’s father.
