CHAPTER 188

DARLENE

The sound of the large bronze door creaking open as it gave under Alexander’s fingers was enough to send ice-cold chills down my spine.

My fingers had turned to stone on my husband’s burly bicep as I watched his face for any signs that would reveal what he was seeing inside, before he moved, the action tugging me to follow him in, however much I wished to remain in the open, where it was safe...where we could run.

‘Come on Darlene, keep your head in the game, eyes sharp! Your husband needs you!’ I muttered inwardly, steeling myself as the dimly lit foyer of the living area came into view, my eyes roaming over the black cushion seats sitting idly in the wide space as though they were regarding us as much as we were regarding them.

“It’s empty, there’s no one here,” Alexander’s voice snapped me out of my stare down with the sofas and I turned to stare up at him, shocked to find that he had slipped my grip and was standing a few feet away from me, his hard chest rising and fallin