Chapter 9
Chapter 9
Marcus is taken to an abandoned warehouse where Thompson awaits, demanding he sign the contract. Lena follows and intervenes, leading to a tense standoff. Marcus refuses to sign, and Thompson escalates his threats, but Lena's arrival shifts the dynamic. The chapter ends with Thompson giving Marcus until sunrise to decide, as Lena stands by him.
The car's tires hummed against the asphalt, a low and steady sound that filled the silence. Marcus sat in the back seat, wedged between the two men who had grabbed him outside the diner. Their bodies were solid, unmoving, like bookends made of muscle and indifference. The one on his left smelled of cheap cologne and sweat; the one on his right stared straight ahead, his jaw set, his hands resting on his knees. Neither spoke.
Marcus's hands were cuffed behind his back, the metal biting into his wrists every time he shifted. He tried to calm his breathing, to slow the pounding in his chest, but every bump in the road sent a fresh jolt of adrenaline through him. He thought of Lena, of the look on her face as the car pulled away—terror and fury and something else, something that looked like love. He prayed she had run, that she had found help, that she hadn't done anything stupid.
But he knew Lena. She didn't run.
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