ence fell ove

Audrey clearly caught a flash of desperate, starving yearning in his

amed. She was just acting. She wante

roze back to absolute zero. He took a massive step b

s voice returned to absolute zero. The deadn

hanical click sounded incredibly loud in

stepped forward quickly, her finge

carrying genuine panic. "Don't leav

is sleeve. His paranoid mind twisted her vulnerability into a tactic. H

ee from her. Her fingers slipped off the wool fabri

ing warning. "Any attempt to leave this estate tonight will result in Car

cream that she didn't care if Carl burned in hell.

idn't give he

The harsh light cast a long, dark shadow into th

t behind him. The dull thud carr

distinct, heavy metallic scrape of the dead

sealed her insid

mooth wood. She pressed her ear to the door, listening to his heavy, meas

smooth wooden door, slumping onto the

ain. Words were entirely useless against Barrett's trauma. She was the one who had

ay a stray tear with the back of her hand. Her expres

other side of the room. She decided that her first action m