The sleek black car cut through the countryside road, its engine humming low and steady as it sped toward the Farm.
Inside, Axel sat rigidly in the back seat, his posture calm but his grip on his cell phone anything but. His fingers clenched firmly around the device, with his thumb hovering over the screen, as if sheer force of will could make it ring.
It didn't.
The silence stretched, heavy and irritating. The road blurred past the tinted windows, yet Axel barely noticed the scenery. His eyes flicked down to the screen again. Still no call from Collins.
His jaw tightened.
By the time the car slowed and finally came to a stop in front of the main building at the heart of the Farm, the call still hadn't come through.
Axel's brow furrowed as he stared at the phone with sharp intensity. It stubbornly remained silent.
"Boss, we have arrived."
Liam's voice snapped him out of his thoughts. Axel lifted his head and looked through the windshield.
