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Chapter 19: Ambush

Author: Jayne
last update publish date: 2026-05-31 15:36:17

LENA

The scream tore out of me before I could stop it, raw and immediate, slicing through the silence of the corridor like something that didn’t belong in a place like this.

For a second after it left my mouth, I couldn’t breathe.

My throat tightened as the sound echoed back at me from the stone walls, warped and wrong, like even the estate was startled by it. My chest rose too fast, my heartbeat stumbling into something unsteady as I pressed a hand against the wall behind me just to stay uprig
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