Chapter 0414
VALERIE.
We ring the doorbell of the small house that sits back from the rest of the block. The overgrown brambles cover the wall that surrounds the property, making it far more secluded than the neighbours, giving more privacy, or making it more dangerous…
I’m holding my medical kit, feeling on edge, Zade’s unease bleeding into me and I’m on high alert.
Zade is on edge too, his body shielding mine completely from behind but also ready for anything.
No answer…
He rings the bell again.
opening?” I whisper.
shakes his head. “I can sense one heartbeat from
he takes my wrist and guides me around the side of the house where he breaks one of the windows and climbs
Blood.
the smell of fresh blood from
‘Zade, something’s wrong.‘
really live
stairs and Zade takes two at a time, with me hot on his heels.
he slows down, scanning the hall, the smell of blood
the dead body that is on the ground in
What on earth…
over the body and my
kill them?
heart thumps as I see Zade stop in front of the door and I spot the bloody woman who is lying slumped against it, a gun
She’s wounded!
as Zade taps her face,
got several cuts!” I say, just
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