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.

over and snatched up a few pieces of yesterday bread from the bedside table and jammed

food again, but for now, survival was all that

as she was about to hoist herself up,

air, crashing onto the floor in jagged

breath caught in her throat as a towering figure stepped

A man.

and a presence that

sharp features shone in the dim flickering

dark as coal–unemotional and calculating–cut into hers and pinned her

seeped off him, a palpable weight of

And he had come for her.

nothing came from them. She tried to force words out, and still, only managed a weak

and menacing, to the extent it sent a shiver down

deliberate pause.

terrifying, voice she

to catch up, his voice rising high with urgency. “Jake’s lost his

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

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

in family. That had shattered, the

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

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

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

made John’s stomach heave.

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

bubbling over. The ride back to their mother’s was somber and quiet; even Jeremy himself didn’t pipe up much

was already awaiting them at the door; her eyes–those red swollen desperate eyes–looked well in their faces for some amount of good news.

She found none.

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