I HEARD HIM SAY " DADDY"
I had to escape.
“I’ll finish her,” Elena said, voice deadly. “Sam, get her. She can’t afford to leave.”
Somehow, a surge of desperate strength propelled me forward. I ran, as if possessed, my legs carrying me with blind determination. The world spun around me, every shadow threatening, every heartbeat pounding in my ears. I ran until my legs gave out, until the pavement rose to meet me like a nightmare, until I tumbled into the path of a moving vehicle.
“Protect my baby… protect my baby…” I chanted over and over, clutching my stomach, until darkness finally swallowed me whole.