The Bodyguard’s Siren
A basement.
I find the door. I take the stairs three at a time and then I see her. Cara is on the cement floor, collapsed on her side. Her hair is spread across a puddle of blood, far too much blood, but the moment I drop to my knees beside her, I see it: A scalp wound. Deep, but not life-ending. Scalp wounds bleed like hell even when they’re not fatal. Her chest rises. Shallow, but steady. She’s alive. A shudder tears through me, violent, uncontrollable. Then I look up.
Marlin stands a few feet away, metal baseball bat in his hands, chest heaving. There’s madness in his eyes there’s delusion mixed with rage.
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