The man didn't wait. He lunged, the silver blade cutting through the air with a hiss. I swung the glass vase with everything I had. It shattered against his shoulder, but he didn't even flinch. He backhanded me across the face, and I hit the floor hard. My vision spun in circles, and the taste of blood flooded my mouth.
"Elena!" Sarah screamed. She tried to reach for me, but she was struggling to move with the weight of her belly.
"Get up," the man barked, reaching for my hair to drag me up.
"No!" I scrambled away, grabbing Sarah’s hand. "We have to go! Sarah, run!"
We stumbled out of the sunroom and into the main hallway. It was filled with thick, black smoke that made me cough. I could hear shouting and the sound of heavy boots everywhere. The front of the house was already crawling
