Chapter 153. Racing Against Time

Sherman POV

The digital speedometer on my car read 112 mph as I tore down the interstate, weaving between vehicles with dangerous precision.

My phone, clutched in a white-knuckled grip, connected to Matteo’s urgent voice through the speaker.

“Alpha! I’ve lost contact with all team members stationed near her.”

I didn’t have time for fear. Every passing second was precious, a merciless countdown to whatever hell Zack had planned.

The world outside my car blurred into streaks of headlights and shadows as I pushed the engine harder, the car’s growl matching Leo’s desperate snarls inside me.

The signal on my phone had cut out the moment I’d left my father’s estate-calculated move, I now realized.

Keeping me isolated was part of his plan all along, a deliberate act of sabotage to prevent me from protecting what was mine.

But as soon as I hit the county line, the signal flared back to life, and my screen lit up with notifications.