Alaric
"Can you send this footage to me?"I requested.
The younger guard looked startled immediately.
"I… I do not think we are allowed to do that, sir."
"I need it," I answered instantly.
The older guard frowned slightly.
"These recordings are private."
I dragged a frustrated hand through my hair before forcing myself to calm down slightly.
"I understand," I said carefully. "But this footage involves me directly."
The guards still looked hesitant.
My chest tightened painfully again while I looked back toward the monitor showing myself sitting completely alone inside my car.
That image alone made me feel sick.
I looked back toward them again.
"Please," I said more quietly this time. "I just need to understand what I am looking at."
Something in my voice must have affected them because both guards visibly softened slightly afterward.
The older man sighed heavily before nodding once.
