Chapter 87: Under her skin

The room was quiet, but her mind wasn't.

Serena lay flat on her back, her eyes wide open, staring up at the ceiling like it held all the answers she refused to ask.

The soft hum of the air conditioning blended with the faint rustling of the trees outside that made her restlessness worse.

She hadn’t even bothered turning off the lamp on the nightstand.

She was overheating, even though the air condi