CHAPTER 67
CALLIE
THESE GATES DON’T OPEN FOR MERCY
Okay… Maybe this is where I die because even if the gun is placed to my head… I'm not leaving this place.
The gun didn’t tremble in his hand, that was the first thing I noticed. The barrel was steady and aimed straight at my chest like he'd done this a thousand times before. He probably had.
My heartbeat thundered so loudly in my ears that I was sure he could hear it, and taste the fear rolling off me in waves. Even if I tried to mask it up with courage.
I stood rooted to my spot trying to look him in the eyes rather than the barrel of the gun. I refused to flinch or take a step back. If I did, everything I’d built the courage to do since we began our search for Marco, would crumble right here at these gates.
“I said leave,” the g
