The luxurious black sedan carrying Serena rolled to a smooth stop in front of the sprawling presidential villa estate's imposing wrought-iron gates.
A second gunmetal gray SUV filled with her personal security detail pulled up right behind, the heavily tinted windows giving no hint of the armed men within.
Serena peered out through the rear passenger window, eyeing the security keypad with an unreadable frown creasing her brow.
She punched in her entry code, half expecting the numbers to glow green. However, the screen flashed an unmistakable error message.
"Nothing unexpected..." Serena muttered under her breath, jabbing at the buttons again with more insistent force. Still nothing but that mocking red "ERROR" displayed on the tiny screen as though the system were deliberately taun
