Overhearing the Truth

Author's pov.

Aria walked into the grand mansion, ignoring the towering security guards and the quiet murmurs of the maids setting the mahogany dining table. A suffocating dread twisted her stomach. Preston had vanished. His sudden disappearance from school left a hollow, sickening ache in her chest. She had punched his number into her phone countless times today, listening to the dial tone ring