Chapter 218
Bellatrix had never been struck by lightning, much less shocked by electricity, but right now, staring down at the text message before her, she had a brief idea of what it felt like.
Missing? How?
Her head worked around all possible scenarios or at least, tried to, but nothing she thought about at that moment seemed to make sense to her.
Not when Avery's text stared back at her like a knife held against her throat and her heart hammered so loudly in her ears that it completely drowned out the noise of her surroundings.
From his chair, Cillian once again observed her expression, a tilt to his head and a frown to his expression when he noticed the change of expression on her face.
She looked…panicked.
It was a fifty-fifty gamble, but Cillian decided to try his luck.
“What's wrong?” He asked and as expected for no answer.
He watched for a second as her fingers moved across the screen in an almost frantic way and her eyes shook and his brows knitted more together.
First happy, now panicked

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