The moment her voice cracked through the phone, something inside me snapped cleanly in half.
"A-alexander... help me... please."
Then nothing. The line went dead.
For a second, I couldn't breathe. Serena's voice was soaked in fear — real fear — and since I met her, I never heard her sound that way.
Every thought vanished. Every limit shattered.
"Alexander Blackwood! If you take a step out the door, then consider severing ties with me!" My mother screamed.
But she stopped being a priority the moment Serena whispered my name.
I was already out the door. Serena mattered more... more than I could admit.
"Sir?" my driver called, startled when I yanked the front passenger door open instead of the back.
"Move," I barked. "I'm driving."
I didn't wait for a reply. The engine roared as I sped out of the mansion gates. My mother shouted something behind me, but her voice was nothing more than useless background noise.
