C62 New Arrival

I didn’t realize I was holding my breath, clutching Ethan’s shirt as I anticipated the old man’s answer. I prayed silently, shaking my head and begging him not to reveal our location. One wrong word and both of us would be dead.

Ethan gripped my waist tightly; I could feel the tension radiating from his palms. His heart pounded thunderously, and his eyebrows were drawn into a hard, straight line