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.

yesterday bread from the bedside table

idea when she would eat good food again, but for now, survival was all that

as she was about to hoist herself up,

air, crashing onto the floor

her breath caught in her throat as a towering

A man.

with broad shoulders, and a presence that filled the room.

in the dim

calculating–cut into hers

him, a palpable weight of

was deadly. Lethal. And he had come

tried to force words out, and still, only managed

in a voice low and menacing, to the extent it

slow, deliberate pause. “Long time no seei

the most terrifying, voice she had ever

ran to catch up, his voice rising high with urgency. “Jake’s lost his bloody mind! He

His jaw was locked so tightly it could have cracked under the pressure, his fists

his trust–but now it only

strength: believing in family. That had shattered, the

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

flung his head back towards the sky, as if to glean some answers from the darkening clouds above. His hands quivered at his sides, his mind whirling with thoughts,

they had once placed all

made John’s stomach

rise, but neither did it lose its urgency.

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

eyes–those red swollen desperate eyes–looked well in

She found none.

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