Chapter 53: Day 18 (night) 13/14

Marcus froze. The silence stretching out was almost as deafening as the two blasts that had rung out so close together they had been almost one noise. Ella’s hand tightened in his, her nails digging fiercely into his flesh. Her whimper of fear was eclipsed by a rising moan as a contraction doubled her up.

“Marcus, we have to do something,” Ella panted, pulling him closer as she breathed through the end of the contraction. “We can’t leave them there with that monster.”

“Working on it, love.” Listening intently for any footsteps heading their way or a call from Sinn or Yoanna, Marcus looked around the room they had found themselves in. He tried not to focus on the furnishings other than to see if they could make potential weapons, it was no easy task though as it was obviously the room of the baby girl whose body was laid out in the barn along with her parents.

If he wasn’t feeling so weak he could have made th