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A scream caught in Jenna’s throat. She hadn’t expected it to end this way.

Vito always found a way out. He always avoided consequences.

But not now.

He’d done this to himself.

“We have to go!” Caleb yelled.

He grabbed Luke’s arm and pulled him back. The driver stayed close, seeming to know he was trapped and wouldn’t get away, even if he tried to run.

He was right.

They still weren’t in the clear.

Because the only way home ran straight through the part of the woods still burning.

Luke didn’t have time to think.

He only had time to move.

One wrong decision could kill all of them.

The fire was relentless—and almost felt unescapable.

But he couldn’t let himself believe that.

He had to get everyone out. Failure wasn’t an option.

His chest still tightened when he remembered the sight of the fire consuming the man by the car. He’d tried to warn him. Tried to get him to come with them and face justice.

But the man had refused. There had been nothing else Luke could do.

Luke gripped Jenna’s hand with his own as they rushed through the woods. Caleb was in front of them, Freya at his side. The driver followed, knowing better than to try to run away.

Fire continued to consume the forest on both sides of them. The flames climbed the ridge to their left. It crept the low ground to their right.

Ahead, one clear corridor remained. Sixty yards, maybe less. Then the two arms of the fire would meet and there’d be nothing—unless they got through this area in time.

A figure appeared in the smoke ahead of them.

Luke’s heart seized. For half a second his mind put Cora there . . . or Liam or Jonah.

He knew he wouldn’t be them. His family had his kids. But . . .

Then the smoke cleared for a moment, and the figure came into focus.

Travis Henderson. What was Travis doing out here?

CHAPTER 49

The truth hit Luke.

The only reason Travis would be out in this forest was if he’d set this fire himself—and then gotten caught in it.

He’d contemplate that later. Right now, there was no time to waste.

Instead, he quickly observed the man. He appeared to be trapped and unable to run.