Samantha's POV
My stomach clenched in knots the instant Royce sent his message. Do you consider yourself to be safe? This is only the starting point. I watched the words on the television, my head whirling. We had barely survived out of the docks, yet here he was once more, telling me that he would always be one step ahead, right behind us regardless of distance.
Alex saw right away the shift in my attitude. His eyes hardened with concern as he approached, even though his breathing was still laboring from the run. "what is it?"
I showed him the message by raising the phone. His hardening face told me all I needed to know. Though he was equally bored with this never-ending game of cat and mouse as I was, there was something more underlying his irritation. Royce was a shadow hovering ove
