Chapter 11

The black Maybach tore through the curtain of Vancouver's rainy night like a silent bolt of lightning.

Inside the cabin, a deathly silence reigned, broken only by the muffled, frantic drumming of rain against the windows. The soundproof glass hermetically sealed off the clamor of the outside world, just as it sealed Elara's cries for help within this claustrophobic space.

Elara curled into