Shadows in the Garden

POV: First-person.

I stare unblinking as sheer panic flashes across Donovan's handsome face. He quickly shoves the vibrating phone deep into his pants pocket, forcefully composing his features into a mask of mild annoyance. "I need to take this. It is an urgent call from work," he says, his voice tight, lacking its usual smooth cadence.

He turns abruptly to grab the heavy metal handle of the gla