Nyxa~
It kept going from bad to f*****g worse.
The second my mother stepped out of the car, I knew something was wrong because she looked terrified.
The file clutched against her chest looked old and slightly damaged around the edges like it had been hidden somewhere for years. Leone noticed it too immediately because his posture changed beside me.
“Mrs. Vale?” he said carefully.
My mother barely acknowledged him. Her eyes landed on me first and for one horrible second, I genuinely thought she was about to start crying.
“Mom?”
“You need to come inside,” she said quickly.
Well.
That was never a comforting sentence.
I frowned immediately and moved toward her.
“What happened?”
“Inside first.”
Her voice shook slightly and that instantly made my stomach twist harder because my mot
