The playground of Little Einsteins Academy was usually a place of joyous screaming. Today, it was the screaming of sirens.
Two black armored trucks screeched onto the curb, flanking Lucian’s Maybach. Men in heavy tactical gear spilled out, pushing terrified parents aside to form a perimeter.
"Secure the exits!" Lucian roared, tearing off his suit jacket as he sprinted toward the gym doors. "Nobody leaves until every bag is checked!"
Inside, the Tech Fair had dissolved into confusion. The Headmaster was trying to calm weeping parents when the doors burst open. Lucian scanned the room with the eyes of a madman until he spotted the mop of dark curls.
"Leo! Mia!"
He didn't walk; he vaulted over a display table of papier-mâché volcanoes. He scooped both children up, crushing them against h
