Chapter 20~ Trapped

Chapter 20

Stacy

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I’d never really believed in luck, especially the good kind.

But whatever made the two guards at the door leave by the time I creaked it open the third time—well, it was too early to reach a conclusion as to what it was. Maybe luck, maybe something else entirely that was slowly pushing me to an inevitable end.

Either way, I wasn’t about to question it.

I quietly slipped out, the adrenaline thrumming through my veins like a drumbeat. I raced down the heavily lit hallway, my heart racing faster than my legs. It pounded against my chest as if it could tear free from my body and lead the way.

Every step felt like I was defying fate, but fear sharpened my senses.

I knew Vincenzo would find out soon enough that I was gone, but my only chance was to make it to the alley before anyone realized I was gone.

Halfway down the hall, the hairs on the back of my neck stood up when I realized I wasn’t alone.

Whispers came from around the corner, guards, or worse, one of