21Nora
“An eye for an eye.” Majid’s eyes burn with hatred as he comes toward me, stepping over Beth’s mangled body. The blood is ankle-deep as he walks, the dark liquid sloshing around his feet in a malevolent swirl. “A life for a life.”
“No.” I’m standing there shaking, the fear pulsing inside me in a sickening beat. “Not this. Please, not this.”
It’s too late, though. He’s already there, pressing his knife against my stomach. Smiling cruelly, he looks behind me and says, “The head will make a nice little trophy—after I cut it up a bit, of course…”
“Julian!”
My scream echoes through the room as I jump off the bed, trembling with icy terror.
“Baby, are you okay?” Strong arms close around me in the darkness, pulling me into a hard, warm embrace. “Shh…” Julian soothes as I begin to sob
