LUKE

Josh leaned back against the counter, his jaw tight and his expression grim. "What are we going to do about Sarah?"

I didn't answer right away. The air between us felt heavy, every unsaid word adding to the weight pressing down on my chest. Finally, I spoke, my voice sharp. "First, what the hell did you do with the gun?" Josh's gaze didn't waver, but his tone came out clipped.

"Nothing. Left it right where I found it. But I unloaded it and took the bullets."

My fists clenched at my sides as I stared at him. "You didn't think that was worth telling me earlier? Jesus, Josh, we're sitting on a goddamn time bomb here!"

Before he could reply, a scream tore through the house, sharp and raw, cutting through the tension like a knife.

Both of us froze.

"Did you hear that?" I asked, though I already knew the answer.

Josh's face drained of color. "Yeah."

room, moving on instinct. The sound had come from my house. Adrenaline surged through

muttered under my breath as we sprinted through the front door. "If

towards the kitchen, and I headed upstairs, taking

I shouted, my voice echoing through the empty

open the bedroom doors, one after the other, but each room was empty. The house felt wrong-off. Eerily still, like it was holding

voice carried from below, tight

slipping

My stomach

standing next to Laura. Relief

darted to mine, wide and full of unspoken warning. Laura stood stiff beside her, her hands gripping the counter behind her like it was the only thing keeping her upright. "Babe," I

shook her

mounting. "What's going on?" I turned to Josh, who had come into the room behind me. He was as still as a statue, his

isn't anyone

click of a gun cocking stopped me

in my body locked up as I spun on my

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