Chapter 21
Once they reached their destination, Lizzy knocked sharply. Without waiting for an answer, she pried the door open and roughly jostled Heather into the room, making her stumble forward, coming wearily to a halt in front of Constantino's cruel eyes.
"Heather." The softness of his voice was belied by the cold expression on his face. Heather staggered backwards involuntarily only to end up in Lizzy's arms again, but this time they gripped her, vice-like, and held her in place.
"W-what's this supposed to mean? Why did Lizzy drag me in here like a criminal?" she managed to work through her suddenly dry mouth, fighting hard to regain her posture. She didn't want him to know how much she was panicking right now, how much she feared them…
"Let go of me!" Heather tried to shrug Lizzy off but to no avail as Lizzy's grip on her just tightened, fingers digging deeply into soft flesh, bruising it immediately and making her tear up.
And then she saw Constantino's face split into a fearsome smile, cutting through his beard like a knife, and desperation hit her so hard, it felt like she was drowning…
Whatever he was up too, it would be bad…
tbc...