"Get. Out."
But Lila didn't move. Couldn't move. Her entire body had locked up, caught between panic and desperation.
She knew if she got out now, if she let him drive away angry like this... it would be over.
He'd lock her out completely, build walls so high she'd never scale them.
She looked at him with burning eyes, her mind racing, unable to think clearly through the panic flooding her system.
All her plans... her mission... it would all be ruined. Sophia wouldn't let her get away with failure easily. She'd even informed her about tonight... Tonight, I'll take him down.
The panic tightened around her chest like a vice.
She had to be stubborn. Had to fight.
It was the only solution she could think of right now. She couldn't... wouldn't... walk away.
"No," she whispered.
Alex's head snapped toward her, disbelief flickering across the emptiness in his expression. "What did you just say?"
"I said no." Her voice was trembling but determined. "I'm not getting out."
