eavy wooden door of the
and shoved her hand under the faucet.
relief, but her hands were still shaking violently. She looked at he
eps sounded
the bathroom doorway, holding a gl
id, her lips curled into a
he sink. "I don't want an
d. She lunged forward
er jaw with a bruising grip, squeezing her
back of Hazel's throat and clamped h
s of water, sending it crashing to the tile f
r body's natural reflex betr
mediatel
olently, trying to spit i
en glass, walked out of the room
icked loudly fr
rabbed the brass handle. She t
against the solid wo
utes later, the ro
ver her brain. Her legs turned to jelly. She sli
The realization gripped
She crawled toward her duffel bag on the bed, her fi
the door c
hes. The dim light from the ha
y figure squeez
ningly eager smile stretching across his fat cheek
to push herself backward, away from him, b
and let it drop to the floor. He started loo
company," Rudy panted, his eye
side her. His thick, rough
teeth snapping out. She bit down as
ste of blood flHe ripped his hand away
cracked acros
vision exploded into white stars. A warm trickl
llar of her dress,
deafening roar tore thr
The heavy glass windows of the guest r
king toward the
d just slammed through the massive wrought-iro
ight air as the metal gate
gravel, the tires screaming, before slamming t
side door was
e a tailored black suit, but the aura aro
ecurity guar
men in tactical gear poured out of the trailing SUV
tone steps and kicked t
en with a sound li
the dining room, freezing in absolute terror a
are?!" Mildred shrieke
d slightly. His sharp ears caught the faint so
s turne
a time, his heavy footsteps soundin
ified by the approaching footsteps. He tripped ov
d door of the guest
of kinetic energy in his broad frame. He threw his full body weight against the heavy wood. The impact vibrated up his shoulder. The cheap metal of
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