Amber heard Jameson clearly but felt torn between her mind and body. She couldn't utter a response.
"Go. Now," Jameson urged, his gaze turning icy.
A shiver wracked Amber as she rose, her dress clinging uncomfortably to her cold sweat. She was alive, but she felt as if she had died over and over again.
She walked toward Wesley; a few steps felt like a lifetime.
Wesley's hands were bound, so he used his head to prop himself up. He swayed as he kneeled before her.
He had known he would die the moment he was captured. However, he wasn't resigned to a meaningless death; he wanted to die with dignity.
Carl approached and took Amber's cold hand, placing a gun in it and forcing her fingers to grip the handle. Despite the blood covering his face, Wesley offered her a wan smile, a gesture meant to comfort Amber.
Tears welled in Amber's eyes as she squeezed them shut. The dank basement was a slaughterhouse.
She opened her eyes again.
could only see through his right eye. No one else would have noticed, but Amber
of understanding shot through Amber-Wesley
matching the rhythm
keep Mr. Schmidt waiting." Carl looked at her
on the verge
got up from the ground and pushed Amber
They shouldn't have been this slow to react-including Carl. They had
he fiercely bit Jameson's left
Everyone panicked and was
was outraged. He shouted as he aimed his gun at Wesley's back and fired
it in anymore. Tears streamed
The basement fell silent.
Jameson, eventually slumped
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