Wicked Whispers by Albert Veronica

Author:Albert , Veronica
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2025-02-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

After the revelation in the rose garden, Liz’s world felt even more precarious. The confirmation of her parents’ past, Sera’s family’s crumbling power, and the looming threat of a rival faction – it was all a terrifying, tangled mess. But amidst the fear and uncertainty, one question burned brightest: What was Tina’s role in all of this?

Sera’s explanation – that Tina was “complicated” and “trapped” – only deepened the mystery. Liz needed to understand Tina, to decipher her true motives. She needed to know if she was an enemy, an ally, or something in between.

Liz decided to take a calculated risk. She would follow Tina. Not in a stalkerish way, she told herself, but in a…fact-finding way. She needed to see Tina outside the controlled environment of Blackwood, away from the watchful eyes of Sera and Juliet.

It wasn’t easy. Tina was like a shadow, elusive and unpredictable. But Liz was persistent. She learned Tina’s schedule, her habits, her preferred routes. She noticed that Tina often left campus in the late afternoons, driving a sleek, black car that looked as intimidating as she did.

One afternoon, Liz saw Tina leaving the school grounds. She quickly grabbed her bike, the only transportation she had, and followed at a discreet distance. The chase led her through the winding roads surrounding Blackwood, and into the nearby town, a quaint, seemingly idyllic place that Liz suspected hid its own share of secrets.

Tina parked her car in a deserted alleyway behind a run-down bar, the kind of place that looked like it had seen better days. Liz hid her bike behind a dumpster, her heart pounding. This was it. She was going to get some answers.

She crept closer, staying hidden in the shadows, her senses on high alert. She could hear voices coming from inside the bar, muffled but tense. One of them was definitely Tina’s.

Liz found a cracked window, partially obscured by a grimy curtain. She peered inside, her breath catching in her throat.

The bar was dimly lit, smoky, and sparsely populated. A few rough-looking men sat at the bar, nursing their drinks, their eyes glued to a flickering television screen. In a back booth, Tina was sitting opposite a man Liz had never seen before. He was older, maybe in his late twenties, with sharp features, cold eyes, and an air of ruthless authority. He was dressed in an expensive suit, but it couldn’t disguise the raw power that emanated from him. This, Liz realized with a jolt, was Tina’s brother.

Their conversation was heated, even though Liz couldn’t make out all the words. She could see the tension in their body language, the way Tina’s hands clenched into fists, the way her brother leaned forward, his voice low and menacing.

“…don’t understand why you’re being so difficult,” Tina’s brother was saying, his voice carrying through the cracked window. “It’s a simple request.”

“It’s not simple,” Tina retorted, her voice tight with anger. “It’s reckless. And it’s wrong.”

“Wrong?” Tina’s brother scoffed. “Since when did you start caring about ‘wrong’?”

“She’s not involved,” Tina insisted, her voice rising slightly.

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