Chapter 66

Amelia

My entire body is coiled ready for Clara’s signal. We’re about a mile out from their compound in an unmarked van. If all goes to plan we should be in and out before they even realise we’ve been there but there’s always that little doubt inside of me. Damian. He has consistently been a step ahead of us, what if he is this time too?

Seconds tick by like hours, there is absolutely silence in the air, everyone too caught up in their thoughts, too focused on what’s to come for conversation, making the silence drag out to what feels like eternity. I’m comforted by Giovanna’s reassuring arm around my shoulders, her touch feels like that of the mother I so miss. I can see the comfort that Miranda’s presence provides for Papa too, his brow a little less furrowed with her beside him.

Glancing at Nico he sits alone, prone, ready, everything about him deadly. Part of me wants to reach over and give him some comfort too but I know he doesn’t need or want it, he is lethal, danger