The screen of my phone went dark in my shaking hand, but those words burned brighter than any light in the room standing right beside you.
Victor saw my face change fast. "What is it? Lara, talk to me. What happened?"
I showed him the message on the screen. His jaw became tight and hard in one second. "It is Xander. It has to be him. He ran away he is watching us from somewhere. Trying to make you scared."
But my gut feeling twisted inside me and felt wrong. Xander was a desperate person, not a mysterious person. He wanted power for himself, not more secrets. And that message… it sounded like it came from someone who had been very close to us all along. Someone who knew every single step we took.
Sirens screamed loud into the long driveway outside. Red and blue lights flooded the big
