Alexandria

Each step was a piece of every nightmare I’d ever had.

Though my exterior remained calm, the perfect Montague, my insides twisted and pushed upward…filling my throat with the acrid taste of dread. I swallowed continuously as I put one foot in front of the other. I inhaled as a sense of drowning overwhelmed me. Looking around, I knew that no one within the manor would throw me a life raft. I was alone in a sea of people.

Eyes peered my way briefly ...