The figure under the streetlamp didn’t move. Just stood there, the glow catching the edge of a hood, hands shoved deep into pockets.Sienna’s mouth went dry. “Is that—”“Not a friend,” Jax said quietly.Her fingers dug into the curtain. “What do they want?”He gave her a look that made her feel stupid for asking. “Same thing they wanted when they sent that photo. To scare you into shutting up.”“It’s working,” she whispered.“No,” he said, stepping back from the window. “Scared people make mistakes. We don’t.”We. Like she was part of this now. She wasn’t sure when that happened, but it had.“What do we do?” she asked.“We wait,” he said, grabbing his jacket from the back of a chair. “If they try the door, I’ll handle it.”“And if they don’t?”“Then they’ll try something else.”She stared at him. “That’s not comforting.”“It’s not meant to be.”They didn’t wait long.Five minutes later, a faint scrape echoed from somewhere below. It was the kind of sound you wouldn’t notice unless you
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