Behind The Mask
My stomach twisted.
“Shit,” I hissed under my breath. If I entered the wrong code, the system would trigger a silent alarm.
I stood before the middle one, its edges faintly glowing violet. If my father truly registered it under my name, then maybe my birthday? But the panel only accepted four digits.
I frowned. My father had always hidden meanings in things, codes, patterns. I remembered how he’d once turned my name into numbers when teaching me ciphers.
ZARA is 26.1.18.1.