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.

few pieces of yesterday bread from the bedside

would eat good food again, but

to hoist herself

onto the floor

as

A man.

and a presence that filled the room.

shone in the

as coal–unemotional and calculating–cut into hers

him, a palpable

he had

from them. She tried to force words out, and still, only managed a weak swallow,

voice low and menacing, to the extent it

pause. “Long time

voice

voice rising high with urgency. “Jake’s lost his bloody mind! He can’t be serious about what he’s just said!”

could have cracked under the pressure, his fists opening and closing,

him up and get his trust–but now it only felt as if the floor just got taken

in

all over us. You see what happened today: even with Father still alive, he has completely taken over.

a sharp breath and flung his head back towards the sky, as if to glean some answers from the darkening clouds above. His hands quivered

it really be so that Jake–their 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

thought made John’s

it lose its urgency. “We need to do something. Now.

any shouted fight, the simmering rage bubbling over. The ride back to their

went inside, mother was already awaiting them at the door; her eyes–those red swollen desperate eyes–looked well in their faces for some amount of

She found none.

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