Selene~
The black car screeched to a halt in front of us, my heart lodged itself in my throat. Rachel clutched my arm, frozen, and for a terrible second, I thought we were done for.
But then, the distant wail of police sirens turned a different cause.
The car hesitated, their tires skidding against tarred road. Then with a violent jerk, it reversed, tires screaming as it fled away, disappearing down another street just before a squad car whizzed by in the opposite direction, flashing red and blue lights.
I bent over, gasping for air, my knees trembling so badly I nearly collapsed. Rachel was doing the same, her hands on her thighs, breathing like she’d just sprinted a marathon.
“Oh my God,” she whispered, her voice cracking. “Selene, what the hell was that?”
“I don’t know,” I choked
