Chapter 90 - Getaway

Noah

The sudden voice outside the door made both of us freeze. I could feel Josie’s heart pounding through the hand she had clamped over my mouth. It was Cassandra! My last hope.

But Josie seemed to sense my thoughts. She tightened her grip, her fingers digging painfully into my skin.

“Don’t say a word,” she hissed, her voice low and menacing. “You wouldn’t want her to die too, would you?”

We stood there in silence, waiting. The knock at the door faded away, and the silence felt suffocating. Maybe it was for the best that Cassandra didn’t come in. At least she was safe. As for me, I was growing dizzy from the blood loss and Josie’s grip around my throat. If my death could protect everyone else, maybe it was w