Page 185 of Haze of Obedience

"Plane?"

Finn steps from behind him. "My friend is a pilot. He just got the flight plan to Bermuda booked. But you have to be at the private airport in the next fifteen minutes."

I freeze, staring at all of them.

Dirk points to a door. "Go to the bathroom. You haven't gone since you woke up. Then we need to leave."

"But—"

"We'll take a trip whenever you land. Best if you get going. It's not safe for you here, either," Gerardo insists.

I do as they say and go to the restroom, then Dirk whisks me out of the house.

They are all in the truck when we get inside.

I wonder if I won a contest for the world's hottest men right now.

How much testosterone is in this truck?

I snuggle into Dirk's chest, and he kisses the top of my head.

When we get to the airport, they all give me hugs, and I make them promise they will visit us wherever we end up.

Dirk and I fly out of Texas and then the U.S. By the time we get to Bermuda, it's dark.

"Do you think anyone got here?" I quietly ask, thinking about how Vanessa, Julieta, and Penelope were back in the situations they didn't want to be. Then I think of Penelope's missing daughter, and I hold my stomach, unable to imagine how much pain she must be in or what I would do if someone took my child.

"I hope so," Dirk mumbles and holds his hand out for me to take.

I rise, and we leave the plane. When I step onto the ground in Bermuda, a sense of safety overcomes me.

I freeze.

"What's wrong, my Little Diva?"

"Is it strange I feel safe all of a sudden?"

He shakes his head. "No. I feel it too."

"You do?"

"Yes. I have this sixth sense, I guess you can say."

"What do you mean?"

"You're going to think I'm crazy."

"Hit me with it."

He pauses then says, "I can feel danger. I don't feel any right now. It's the first time in months I haven't felt it."

"So, you think we're safe here too?"

"Yes. But let's get to the house and see if anyone else is here."