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.
she opening?” I
can sense one heartbeat from
he takes my wrist and guides me around the side of the house where he breaks one of
Blood.
blood from a wound
‘Zade, something’s wrong.‘
after him. It’s clear they don’t really live in this house, there’s no furnishing in any of the
the stairs and Zade takes two at a time, with me hot on
scanning the hall,
that is on the ground in front
What on earth…
he steps over the body and my stomach twists when I see three more
Adriana kill them?
who is lying slumped against
She’s wounded!
to assist her as Zade taps her face, trying to wake her.
she’s got several cuts!” I say, just as her eyes flutter
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