C66 ICE SIXTY-SIX: LION'S DEN.

MADISON'S POV:

The hum of the car engine filled the silence like an unwelcome third passenger. The leather seat cold against my bare shoulders despite the car's heating.

Now that the rush of the adrenaline that had propelled me out of that house had worn off, sitting next to Maverick, watching streetlights paint shadows across his profile, awkwardness hung between us like thick fog