Chapter Twenty-four: Reconciling With The Past

I remained unmoving in my position, my eyes fixed on Andrei. "I'm not going anywhere without my sister."

His lips twitched. "I don't care what you want. Get in or I'll have him do that for you."

"I'm going to scream. I'm going to yell and tell everyone you're abducting us."

"Scream all you want. No one is coming to save you or your sister. I could make you disappear forever and nobody would ever come looking for you. Well, except the men hunting you for their money."

As I looked at him, I knew he was right. With money and power, Andrei could wipe my existence from the world. He was the kind of man that dominated everything.

"Fine." I breathed, giving up on fighting. I only hoped he would stay true to his words and bring Lyra along.

Opening the door, I climbed inside the car and took a deep breath of the soft leather seats’ scent. It brought back a lot of childhood memories.

Fast cars had once been my father’s favorite indulgence, back when we’d been conning rich criminals across th