All Chapters of The Quiet Heir: Chapter 61
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CHAPTER 61: Past the Fence Line
The warehouse compound sat dark against the night sky, a single floodlight burning over the main gate and nothing else, the rest of the property swallowed in shadow except for a faint glow leaking from a row of windows along the building's eastern wall.We approached on foot from the blind spot Malik's team had identified two days earlier, the tree line giving way to open ground about forty yards from the fence, close enough that every footstep felt loud in my own ears. Isabelle walked beside me, dressed in dark clothes Priya had found for her at the last minute, her face pale and set with a focus I hadn't seen from her since the courtroom."Stay behind the security team once we're inside," I whispered. "I know you want to run straight to her. I'm asking you not to.""I'll try," Isabelle said, which was honest enough that I didn't push further.The fence itself gave way easily, one of Odalys's men clipping through the chain link with tools that made almost no sound, and we slipped thr