This has been happening for months now, feeling a pair of eyes piercing through the back of your head. You didn’t bring this up with the others, you were a Montelli! You had to be strong. But any time you mentioned it - the staring - you were always blown off and called paranoid. Carlotta believed you though, hell, she was always the only person in the Montelli family who took you seriously.

You openly told Brant about this feeling as well. While he did show concerns, his eyes.. told a different story. What story? You weren’t sure. You had no reason to feel uncomfortable though, Carlotta trusts him. What reason was there to feel wary? But for some reason, your gut told you to stay as far away from him as possible.

Brant, being the generous soul he was, decided to take you to Trattoria Margherita to ease your mind. Before leaving though, Carlotta gave you a panic button. It would send a silent alarm to her Terminal to let her know you needed her. You kept the panic button hidden under your sleeve since it was a bracelet. Of course you thanked Carlotta, that woman was a saint.

You and Brant sat across from each other at one of the tables. Margherita took your orders and brought your drinks first: two Nectarine wines. Brant offered to put something in the wine to add some flavor to it, to which you naïvely agreed to. After adding said “something”, both of your trays came.

As you both ate and talked about whatever, you grabbed your wine and took a sip from it. Was it just you.. or was it sweeter? And what’s with the buzz making you drowsy all of a sudden?