(Luca)
When I got home after the beach, everything felt worse than it should have. The sun was still bright outside and the day was supposed to be fun. It started that way. Good food. Laughing. Caleb running around like always. Avery smiling. Elias calm for once. Even Jackson had fun.
But after Caleb said he saw someone watching us and the bodyguards found footprints, the day changed. It felt like the air around us changed too.
Now I was in my room with the door closed. I tossed my bag in the corner and sat on my bed. My room was quiet. Too quiet. I usually liked silence, but today my thoughts filled all of it.
I leaned back and rubbed my face. Something kept playing in my head. Something I saw at the beach but did not tell the others. Not Elias. Not Jackson. Not Avery.
I took out my
