A Break

As Zara tossed in her bed, her hand smacked something hard and a soft beep followed. 

She snapped her eyes open. 

She quickly checked her phone, her eyes widening in disbelief. "Huh!" She gasped, throwing her phone and jumping back to her laptop which had made the beep. 

She had only wanted to rest her eyes for an hour. She even set an alarm— only to wake up late the next morning. 

Since her return from work the previous night, she had been browsing tirelessly about the 'Challenging' project. 

Skyline District.

The government's biggest GRA estate project. A futuristic city set to have the tallest and most advanced buildings in New York.

Zara's breath caught as she spotted the bold countdown at the top of the page.

13 days. 17 hours. 23 minutes.

Outrageously short for such a high profile building, but it had been out for a month before Zara found out about it.