chapter 90

Kaine POV

Unease had settled within me as I waited for the call that seemed overdue. John and my men had left nearly a day ago, and the absence of any communication gnawed at my thoughts.

Doubts crept in, taunting me with possibilities of unforeseen dangers they might have encountered.

“What is taking them so long?” I muttered, pacing back and forth across the room. My fingers tapped nervously against the table, a rhythm that echoed the anxiety coiled tightly within me.

The walls felt like they were closing in, the weight of uncertainty pressing down on my shoulders.

I glanced at my phone, willing it to ring, to bring news that would put an end to this torturous waiting.

The silence seemed to mock me, a stark reminder of the uncontrollable variables that existed beyond my carefully constructed plans.

The doubts grew louder, and I found myself imagining worst case scenarios that played out in my mind like a horror film.

“Could something have gone wrong? What if they have encounter