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Lorenzo will have the place set up.
We'll be able to rest easy.
The first pink rays of dawn peek over the horizon.
We're almost there.
Please let us make it through this final stretch unscathed.
I squeeze Diana's hand gently.
"It's almost over," I whisper.
"We're going to be okay."
She stirs, looking up at me with those endless green eyes.
And for the first time since this nightmare started, I believe my own words.
Diana gives me a small, tired smile.
"I hope you're right," she says softly.
"I'm not sure how much more of this I can take."
She's trying to put on a brave face, but I can hear the quiver in her voice.
"You can do this," I tell her firmly.
"We're in the home stretch."
She nods, taking a shaky breath. "You're right. We just have to hold it together a little longer."
I squeeze her hand again before returning mine to the wheel.
Chapter 15
Diana
Ibreatheinthecrisp mountain air, filling my lungs with its fresh scent of pine and freedom.
We made it.
The safehouse.
A winding gravel road cuts through dense forest, leading up to a sprawling timber log cabin.
No other buildings are in sight, just trees as far as the eye can see, their branches reaching up to the pale blue sky.
“We’re almost there.” Anthony’s hand tightens around mine, his knuckles whitening.
“Thank god,” I whisper. “We’re safe now.”
Anthony pulls up outside the cabin, the tires crunching on the gravel.
He kills the engine and silence blankets the forest. My heart races.
"What if this is a trap?" I ask.
