JASMINE
(Alert… he ordered someone to have you killed last night.)
The System's sudden, cold warning chimed sharply inside my mind, causing my eyes to widen in instant panic.
My heart was already racing as Stephan and I slipped out through the quiet back garden gate.
"No Stephan… we can't go in, Henry ordered someone to mess with the car." the momne I told Stephan he shifted back at once.
Henry had ordered a hit on me, arranging for a car on my usual route home to be rigged with explosives. If the System had not alerted me at that exact second, I would have stepped into that vehicle and been gone forever.
"Stay close to me," Stephan whispered urgently, his strong arm wrapped tightly around my waist.
His entire body was tense, every muscle coiled like a spring ready to snap. He kept me completely shielded behind his larger frame, carefully guiding me toward the waiting black SUV that his personal security team had pulled around to the rear entrance of the property.
