Chapter 50: Family Reunion
LUMINA
The drive to Xenois's parents' penthouse felt a little less than a joyride and more like traveling to my own execution.
I sat in the passenger seat, watching the familiar streets of Silver Creek pass me by in a blur, while my stomach was filled with a mixture of dread at the upcoming visit and also resignation because there was nothing that I could do about it.
In the backseat, Ollie was very quiet, his tablet forgotten in his lap as he stared out the window with the same worried expression I felt that was present on my own face.
Xenois hadn't spoken much during the twenty-minute drive, his hands gripping the steering wheel with a lot of unnecessary force.
The tension between us from this morning's conversation still lingered and it was only made
