TESSA
Something was wrong and they didn’t want me to know.
Don’t ask me how I knew… call it intuition, paranoia, or the fact that I had spent too much time around people who lived and dealt in shadows, but I could feel it in my bones. There was this subtle shift in the air, like the moment before a storm when the cloud hung low and the wind changed direction.
It started with the look the guys gave each other when Zane called… it was a flicker. Just a second where their eyes met, but it was more than enough. I had learned to catch those little things like slight hesitations and the weight of silence. What the hell is going on?
Zane’s voice came out muffled through Dominic’s phone, but he didn’t put it on speaker. Of course not. If it had been or if Dominic had been closer, then I coul
