The road stretched endlessly before him.
Twisting, black, and gleaming under the dying storm.
Sebastian's car cut through the fog like a blade, tires whispering over the wet asphalt. The headlights carved narrow tunnels through the mist, but beyond them lay only shadows and ghosts.
He hadn't slept in days.
The bruises on his knuckles hadn't healed.
The image of Isabella collapsing in his arms was burned into the back of his eyelids.
He gripped the wheel tighter.
Every instinct told him to turn back to stay by her side, to protect what little he had left.
But love, in Sebastian's world, had always come second to survival.
And this time, survival meant ending Genesis once and for all.
Three hours earlier.
He'd left the cabin before dawn, leaving only a note for Liam
"Keep her safe. No matter what."
