The Price of Home

PIPER'S POV

The luxurious car glides through the dark city streets, the suffocating silence thick enough to cut with a knife. The passing streetlights flash across the dashboard, casting long shadows inside the cabin. I keep my grip tight on my phone, my knuckles turning white. The ominous text from that unknown number burns in my mind.

Kellan keeps his intense storm-gray eyes fixed on the road