Arielle’s POV
The scream upstairs cut through the darkness like a blade as every light inside the mansion had gone out completely, plunging the entire house into chaos. For one disorienting second, nobody moved.
Then footsteps started thundering across the halls as voices were shouting over each other and somewhere nearby, glass shattered violently.
Instinctively, I stepped backward, but Viktor’s hand closed around my wrist immediately.
“Stay behind me,” he ordered. The darkness somehow made his voice more terrifying.
“Sir the backup generator is down,” One of the guards announced, rushing towards us with his already drawn flashlight.
“How is that possible?” Viktor snapped.
“We don’t know yet.” The guard answered.
Another scream started echoing upstairs that it made my stomach tigh
