CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX

The blaring of an alarm woke me up. I opened my eyes, disoriented. Kol was up and out of bed in a flash. What on earth was going on? I rubbed my eyes to rid it of the gunk in them. I stood up as gently as I could and followed after Kol who was running down the stairs. By the time I got to him, I was out of breath and he was perched on his chair behind his array of screens.

“Kol, what is going on?” I looked at the time on his screen. It was past 2am.

“Someone tried to force their way in.” My face leached its colour.

“What?” Kol looked intently at the screen as he tried to figure out who the intruder was. I didn’t think he had security in place for his home. I mean, it made sense but I thought that was left for his other workspace.

“After the flower incident, I upped security around the house but to think someone had the guts to actually come into my home…” Kol fingers continued to work at a furious pace until a face popped up. No, not a face. A body, clad from head to toe. They definit