The air in the car pulsed with silence. The kind that was heavy, awkward and desperate to be broken.
Nathan's eyes were forward. He'd looked towards Valentino's direction so many times that his neck was starting to hurt.
He breathed slowly, carefully, chest tightening with more confusion than dread.
The passenger seat sank beneath him as he glanced yet again at the man. The resolve-in his eyes, his grip on the steering wheel and his tight jaw-made his mind race with a myriad of questions.
Nathan had woken up with a splitting headache-one that was still tearing through his temples.
His eyes had barely adjusted to the light when Valentino walked in and told him to get ready.
"I'm driving you home," he'd said and now they were here, sitting side-by-side in a silence that made his th
