Seeing Red

DARIO

I’m coming from my office, already running a few minutes late, heading to get my wife before we leave for the ball. I don’t want us to arrive late... not tonight.

But the moment I step into the foyer, I stop. My posture straightens instantly as my eyes lift and follow the length of the stairs. And then.... Serafina appears.

I have to school my expression, force control into every muscle in