The Secret in the Vault

I turned around just as the door swung wide open.

It wasn’t Chief Segun. It was Madam Beatrice.

She stopped in the doorway, holding a glass of iced water. When her eyes met mine, her expression shifted from calm to deep concern. I must have looked like a corpse; my face was completely drained of color, and I was sweating despite the freezing temperature continue reading …