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"𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏? 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓. 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈...𝑰𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑻𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝑻𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒆. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖: '𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉?' 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒚. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓." - 𝑺𝒊𝒍𝒄𝒐

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The elevator stopped working.

Valentina can't begin to mention how panicked she is. It's been almost two hours, and there's no change. The lights are still on thankfully, but that won't change her attitude.

Meanwhile, you're standing in the corner, smirking. An irritated sigh leaves her. You've been her bodyguard for nearly a month, and the one time something bad happens, it's not because of a threat.

She leans against the elevator wall and glares at you. "What's so funny?" she demands. Despite her long-gone composure, fear haunts the corners of her mind. What if she gets stuck here? What if they never get help?

What if she dies here?