#CHAPTER 236: Vigil (New Chapter)

Zane POV “Alpha Zane!” Never, in all the years he had been working for me, had I heard such a sound of panic in Hans’s voice. I looked up and out my window. Hans wasn’t in the house. I saw him frantically waving at me over by the poppy garden almost a mile away. I ran down the stairs and out of the villa without any thought other than to get to Hans. I could see him talking on his phone and assumed it was emergency services. The path went up a slight rise, and I saw then two women lying on the path, both of them contorted with spasms. One was Mavis, and the other, oh, goddess, was Sarah. I had almost reached them when I heard the sirens. “Sarah!” I shouted as I skidded to a stop and knelt beside her. She was sweating profusely, and her hand clamped down on mine. “Hurts,” she croaked. Hans had gone to Mavis’s side and was holding her hand as well. I looked around and saw two chairs and a broken teacup. I could smell the tea, jasmine. I saw one of the shards was curved a