Serena was hyper-aware of everything unfolding around her. The last attack with the bombs had been a close call, and this time, her assailants had dispensed with any pretense of subtlety. Whoever wanted her gone was growing desperate, their intentions no longer veiled as accidents.
But her mind was elsewhere. After being quickly shuffled into the car, she had been instructed to stay put and wait for the police to arrive and for the investigation to unfold. From her vantage point in the vehicle, she could see people trickling out of the venue one by one, faces a mix of shock and confusion. And despite the chaos of the scene, she found herself anxiously scanning each figure that exited the building, unable to resist searching for one person in particular: Aiden.