SCARLET POV

"We were just touring the province and got a little lost, so we parked and walked up to the house to ask for directions.... No one answered the door when we rang it".

The man nodded, noting down what I was saying. My guard stood behind me like a statue while the phone in my hand where the last message I'd received from Pierce burned into my skin.

It won't be long now, Scarlet. I am coming to get you.

Pushing the message from my mind, I focused my attention on the man I was talking to and tried to remember where I stopped.

"We were going to...