Unmasked
Valenticia POV-
I had been unconscious and woke up in a hospital bed, the sharp smell of antiseptic lingered like a bad dream.
I wiped my throat, which felt dry, from the gas that had flooded the offices. The white ceiling swam before my eyes as I blinked, my head hurting but my mind already racing. Grandmother sat next to me looking composed, her face betraying her. They were red, but her eyes were fierce. “You’re awake,” she said, her voice low. “The gas leak is contained, but we both know it wasn’t an accident.”
I attempted to sit up, grimacing as a dull ache rose from my chest. “Sabotage,” I struggled to say. My mind raced to the anonymous text I’d received before all of this. Stop digging, or you’ll end up like your parents. Someone knew my history, knew of the car cras
