LENA POV
It was probably around 3 a.m when Lena heard the first crash. She was still in the library, unable to sleep because a stupid part of her was worried that Rafe was out there, that he might probably return whole or be injured. Or he might not return at all. He had barely recovered from the last injury and he was already out.
She had pushed the thought of him away, slammed it shut behind an iron door, but the thoughts kept coming. She shouldn't care this much. She shouldn't.
When the crash sounded she thought it was Rafe, but Rafe was silent on his feet. And when the sound crash sounded again she knew there were intruders in the house.
They were searching the first floor, she was sure of it. But what were they searching for and who was the ‘they’?
She didn't sit around to fi
