Maya's POV
I'd just put Aria's shoes on when someone knocked. I looked through the peephole and my stomach dropped. A man I didn't recognize stood in the hallway in a dark jacket, hands folded in front of him. Behind him, half-visible, was a second one.
I stepped back from the door.
My phone was already in my hand. I called Luca.
"Someone's outside my door. Two men. Not you."
"Don't open it." His voice was tight. "I'm twelve minutes away. Lock everything and keep Aria away from the windows."
"Luca, what….."
"Just do it. I'll explain when I get there."
I hung up and pulled Aria away from the hallway. She looked up at me with those eyes that always saw too much.
"Are we playing a game?"
"Sort of. We're going to wait in the bedroom for a little while, okay?"
She didn't argue. She g
