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
can sense one heartbeat from inside… maybe
house where he breaks one of the windows and climbs
Blood.
smell of fresh blood
‘Zade, something’s wrong.‘
quickly, scanning all the rooms quickly, closing each door after him. It’s clear they don’t really live in this house, there’s no furnishing in any of the rooms
reach the stairs and Zade takes two at a time, with
he slows down, scanning the hall,
see the dead body that is on the ground in front of
What on earth…
calls again as he steps over the body and
kill them?
I spot the bloody woman who is lying slumped against it, a gun in her hand, her
She’s wounded!
to assist her as Zade taps her face, trying to wake her.
several cuts!” I say, just as her eyes flutter
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