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.
isn’t she opening?” I
can sense
and guides me around the side of the house where he breaks one of the windows and climbs inside, lifting
Blood.
fresh blood from a wound that is new.
‘Zade, something’s wrong.‘
It’s clear they don’t really live in this house, there’s no furnishing in any
the stairs and Zade takes two at a time,
as he slows down, scanning the hall, the smell of blood is far stronger
I see the dead body that is on
What on earth…
and my stomach twists when I
kill them?
who is lying slumped against it, a gun in her hand, her eyes
She’s wounded!
assist her as Zade taps
tending to. Goddess, she’s got several cuts!” I
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