Chapter 56 You Could Have Been Seriously Hurt

• CHAPTER 56: You could have been seriously hurt
• The aftershocks of all that had occurred earlier in the day were yet to diminish. The embers of the fire Veronica’s latest plot had ignited was yet to die off, even though it was already late into the night. Inside the sitting room of Sarah’s house, the tension was palpable—just like an electric current snapping between every breath, and every pause.
• Benicio stood with his hands braced on the windowsill, the city lights below flickering like embers to the fire simmering inside him. His sharp angular jaw was clenched tightly. His usual calm and self-contained expression, barely held back the storm that raged within him. But his eyes—they were burning. Focused. Dangerous.