Chapter 52 Ian
I hadn’t told Rossi or Lucas about the extra set of directions that Heather had given me. I knew we might need a plan B. They were all I had to make it work.
When I’d given them those papers, I’d kept one that had a different route inside. One from an underground tunnel that would go directly past the house security and to where they were keeping Ian.
I drove as quickly as I could and then parked in the woods, out of sight. When I got out to walk up the hill, I consulted the directions on how to get inside.
If I came across anyone who asked what I was doing out in the woods, I was going to act like a lost tourist that had engine trouble. I was trying to find a home to make a phone call because the cell phone signal out here was sketchy.
From what the hand-drawn map said, there was a door on the side of the hill that could be accessed to lead inside.
She’d given me the best timeframe of each four-hour shift change, and I had to just hide long enough to sneak in when the door was opened. She’d given me the codes, but I didn’t want to walk in on the next group leaving. It was better to wait until they’d all come out before I made my move. I was here, and that was going to have to be good enough in trying to get Ian out.
Waiting in the cold for what seemed like forever, I seized my moment when four guys came out laughing and talking.
As the door started to close behind them, I crept to the door and squeezed through. The halls of the underground passage were giving me the worst anxiety attack possible. I kept waiting and hiding behind each corner in terror of being discovered.
Sweat coated my skin, and I had to remind myself to take even breaths.
Different men walked through the halls, and I tried to stay out of their way, thinking I would be uncovered at any moment. Each time, they turned the other direction or didn’t notice me in one of the dark corners.
I’d gotten a silencer from Rossi’s bag at the farm in the hope that it wouldn’t alert anyone if I had to use it.
Everything was exactly as Heather had said it would. I opened the door to where the cages were being and held my breath because I didn’t know what I’d find. Part of me was hoping I’d find Collette on the other side, alive and well. The other part was scared that she might not be alive.
I jolted myself away from those thoughts. Thinking like that right now was a bad idea. Sharp and on point, was what I needed to be, or else I would get myself captured too.
I knew he wouldn’t be in great shape if he’d been tortured, but at least he’d be alive. Then we could take care of the whole Heather situation.
Heather had given us as much information as she possibly could, but getting into the actual castle where she was being held would take a lot more work and planning.
If we could make them think that we’d gotten away, then we could also get her out. She needed to be saved, otherwise if Collette was freed, her father would kill her without so much as the blink of an eye for helping us.
I wanted to keep track of stuff and start planning an escape that would take care of everyone. It all depended on what kind of shape Ian was in when I found him. Hopefully, it would be a chance to make things right.
I was ready to kill her father for what he’d done to Colette and Andy. No matter what the consequences were or who didn’t want him dead, it was time to make him pay for his actions.
“I’ll take the first route. We’ll meet in the middle, and all head out,”
Rossi said.
I nodded.