Shadows Of A Forgotten Spring

Chapter 190

Chapter 190

Annie jolted awake at the sound of relentless pounding against her door. Her breath hitched in her throat; her body went rigid with fear.

No! no! no! no! Not yet! Her heart pounded loudly in her ears as she rummaged through the dimly lit room. Shadows were jumping around cracked walls and playing into her paranoia. She’d hidden so well, covering up her tracks so carefully, and yet, somehow they had outsmarted her.

Her fingers clamped over her mouth, stifling the panicked breaths threatening to betray her.

The knocking grew louder, more insistent. It was aggressive. Determined.

They were coming for her.

Heart hammering, she threw off the thin sheet and scrambled out of bed.

With trembling hands, she snatched her scattered clothes off the floor and yanked them on.

There was no time to waste. She had to get out–now.

Her mind raced with escape plans, but none seemed viable.

The door had been her only way out, and that was no longer an option.

And suddenly, it clicked.

The window!

She whirled toward it and flung aside the curtains.

The drop wasn’t too high–if she jumped and landed right, she could run, disappear again before they caught her.

pieces of yesterday bread from

no idea when she would eat good food again, but for now, survival was all that

about to hoist herself up, the door exploded off

air, crashing onto the

her throat as a towering figure stepped

A man.

shoulders, and a presence that

sharp features shone in the dim flickering light.

and calculating–cut into

a

was deadly. Lethal. And he had come

to force words

low and menacing, to the extent it sent a shiver down her spine, he

pause. “Long

most terrifying, voice she

rising high with urgency. “Jake’s lost his bloody mind! He can’t be

slacken his pace. His jaw was locked so tightly it could have cracked under the pressure, his fists opening and closing, as

his trust–but now it only

thing that could have been his strength: believing in family.

breaths. “We cannot just let Jake continue to walk all over us. You see what happened today: even with Father still alive, he has completely taken over. And mark my words, John, he will do everything in his power to

if to glean some answers from the darkening clouds above. His hands quivered at his sides, his mind whirling with thoughts, none

very brother growing up, the brother in whom they had once placed all their trust–was so far gone he’d rather see their family destroyed than at

made

neither did it lose its urgency. “We need to do

the simmering rage bubbling over. The ride back to their mother’s was somber and quiet; even Jeremy himself didn’t pipe up much to break that silence, keeping his lips set in a firm line.

as they went inside, mother was already awaiting them at the door; her eyes–those red swollen desperate eyes–looked well

She found none.

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