SOPHIA'S POV

The quiet inside the armored car was hard to breathe in.

Outside the strong glass, the howling snowstorm whipped around Claire's tall, stiff shape. High above our car, fixed to the huge rock face of the mountain road, red digital lights blinked faintly through the swirling snow. They were the bombs Claire had wired into the side of the cliff.

If she pressed that button, the snow slide would not just bury us. It would wipe out the whole lower road and send tons of solid ice and rock crashing down onto the peaceful village below.

Jaydon was shivering in my lap, holding my coat sleeve so hard...