CHAPTER 17
ADRIANNA’S POV
As we approached and I got a closer look at him, I realized he wasn’t the amber-eyed bodyguard but the driver that brought us. Kane.
A sliver of fear crept into my chest and I hesitated on seeing him. The look he gave me and his words yesterday still clung to me like a dark suffocating fog. Just thinking of them made my stomach tie itself to a tight knot.
The older maid, noticing how tense and hesitant I was, cast a furtive scowl at me and in a low tone said, “I don’t know what’s wrong with you but we’re here now, so you’d better be on your best behaviour, remember all the directives I gave you and not mess this up.” She ground the words harshly from her gritted teeth.
Kane had a fade-cut Mohawk and one of the scariest eyes I have seen. They were sharp and co
