Serenity
The air in the room felt thicker now, charged with something I couldn’t put into words. I had heard Evan’s warning, felt the tension in his words as he rushed us out of the penthouse. We need to go now. But there was something in me, something primal, that didn’t want to move. Didn’t want to face whatever storm was waiting just around the corner.
Evan hadn’t said much more after his last cryptic comment about Luca and the people he was working with. The more I tried to piece it together, the more it felt like the truth was slipping through my fingers, like sand falling through the cracks of my clenched fists.
My mind raced, replaying every conversation I’d had with Luca, every look, every unspoken moment. There were pieces of this puzzle I still didn’t understand. How had every
