LILIANA
A FEW HOURS AGO…
The car rolls to a stop just inside the gates before Zoran cuts out the hum of the engine almost immediately. The amount of anxiety that rolls off him is contagious enough to seep into me and leave me restless. My fingers twitch against my lap as I take in the mansion looming ahead.
The guards stationed outside, although trying to look composed, grip their weapons a little tighter, flinching at every crash that comes from inside the house.
Beside me, Zoran exhales sharply, quickly moping his face with his palm. He gives me an apologetic look and I try to give him a smile which I fail terribly at. He looks like he wants to say something, then he shakes his head thinking better of it.
With every crash that blasts through the house, he looks terrified, which is
