Chapter 26
Chapter 26
Silas survives the plunge into the river and is rescued by Detective Rossi, who has tracked the helicopter. They retrieve Pendleton's evidence from the submerged car and learn that Pendleton has been murdered. Rossi reveals that Hall's network has activated a kill order on Silas, and they go on the run together, heading for a secure location where they can upload the evidence before the conspiracy can bury it. The chapter ends with Rossi receiving a call that a federal marshal has been dispatched to intercept them, raising questions about who can be trusted.
The cold was the first thing he felt. Not the impact, not the shattering glass or the crushing weight of water—just the cold, seeping into his bones, pulling him down into a darkness that felt infinite. Silas's lungs burned, his limbs heavy and unresponsive. He had been here before, in a way, in the dreams that plagued him after Eleanor's death. The sensation of sinking, of being pulled under by something vast and indifferent.
But this was real. The water was real. The car was sinking, the current tugging at the wreckage, dragging it downstream. He was still belted into the driver's seat, the airbag deflated and useless against his chest. The windshield was a spiderweb of cracks, the river pouring in through the gap where the railing had torn through the metal.
He had to move. He had to survive.
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