Meanwhile, Kiara decided to go into the Petrova private library, which happened to be inside the public library.
For minutes now, she had been trying her private card on the access panel, but...
Access Denied.
Written in bold letters. The bright red light mockingly against her pretty face, her breath catching violently in her throat as her heart thudded a sharp, angry beat against her ribs.
"What is happening? I always get in. Is something wrong with my card?"
She looked at her card and, yes, it was definitely the same card she had used to enter the last time she was here.
Then she went to meet her mother in the library. Her steps sped up across the room, her eyes flashing with heat while her throat tightened with rising frustration...
"Mommy, my library card is broken...."
Kiara said to her mother, who was sitting behind the counter. She slammed the small card onto the surface, her lungs heaving with a sharp draft of air as her pulse thundered in her ears.
