Chapter 28

In the end, he still found out Natalie and Derek's whereabouts, but only by using shady connections and paying a heavy price. They had taken a private jet to Iceland, checking in at a secluded and extravagantly expensive glass house hotel near Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon in southern Iceland. Ethan didn’t waste a second. He rented an off-road car and sped toward them, still in his thin suit, too frantic to even pick up a proper winter coat. Outside the car windows, a blizzard raged, visibility was nearly zero, and the roads were slick. Ethan pressed the gas pedal to the floor. The car slid dangerously on the icy road, but he didn’t care. There was only one thing on his mind: catch up with her. Stop her. He drove for hours, rattled by the rough road and flirting with death at every turn. When the world was swallowed by polar night and his bones ached from exhaustion and cold, he finally saw it—the hotel rising from the empty plains. The hotel was made up of several separate glass-dom