Chapter 53: Wifey, get back here.

"GET OVER HERE NOW," Daniel said again.

Bliss' body shook. She had to take that step, but it was the snow and the motorhome all over again. Pure terror. She'd never known such fear. The kind that paralyzed her body and set her mind on a mental loop of those horrible hours she'd spent terrified for her life.

Daniel took a step toward Wendy. She cried out and covered her head with her hands, but he reached past her into the shadows. Daniel dragged a small, kicking form out into the open and backhanded the boy.

"No!" Bliss took a step.

"Carlos!" Wendy reached for the child, but Daniel lifted the kid by his shirt until his toes barely touched the ground.

Think.

She had to be smart.

Fear could not win. Not now.

"I'll go with you, just leave him alone," she said.

Whatever he wanted to hear, she had to say it. She needed him to lower the gun enough so she could stun him. Then she had to hope her sister and Carlos could run.

"It's your fault I had to do that anyway." Danie