*Bianca*

My fingers traced the empty spot around my neck, right above my heart where my locket used to sit. My chest constricted when I thought back to when I discovered it missing. I tried not to think of it as an omen, as a further emphasis of Leo’s absence.

I couldn’t afford any distractions. This was far too important.

I was alone in the surveillance room, the wall of screens that stretched from floor to ceiling were foreboding and more than a little ...