I let out a shaky breath and sank deeper into the seat. There was no point in fighting, not now. I'd accepted my fate. I was dead meat, and resistance would only make it worse. So I stayed quiet, forcing myself to stay calm, to think. If I couldn't fight my way out, maybe I could find one later.
The silence stretched on, broken only by the steady hum of the engine and my heartbeat thudding in my ears. Minutes, maybe hours passed before the car finally began to slow. My eyes, fixed blankly on the tinted window, shifted toward the rearview mirror. That's when I saw a flash of white, then the full view of something that made my breath catch.
A villa.
A massive, gleaming white villa that looked like something out of a dream or a billionaire's secret life.
The metallic gate swung open smoot
