Chapter 50 Race Against Time

• The combined team moved quickly toward the address given by Arkan, vehicles speeding through city streets beginning to fill with morning activity, every wasted second feeling so precious given the so-narrow deadline Wilhelmina had given.
• Sirens weren't activated to maintain the element of surprise, but the vehicles' speed remained so high, the trained drivers overtaking every other vehicle on the road with skill only possessed by those who'd handled emergency situations like this for years.
• Rania sat in the back seat of Aleksander's car, her hands gripping her seatbelt tightly, her mind filled with terrifying images of Lia's current condition. Every time she closed her eyes, she imagined her friend sitting frightened in a dark room, alone, not knowing whether help would arrive in time.