*Aryanna*

The hall froze. Quiet gasps, heavy breaths, and a cough here and there were the only sounds from the gathered crowd. All eyes swung from Darren and me to the back of the room where Lisa stood enraged. Her eyes bulged with anger, and her mouth was a hard slash of red. For a moment, she looked unhinged, hair disheveled and cheeks flushed. She was the perfect picture of a woman madly obsessed with nothing left to lose. My pulse thrummed in my ears, a loud, painful beat as the ...