Audrey sat by the window of her room staring into the dark expanse of the garden below.
The estate was extreme quiet in Adam's absence and the weight of her thoughts filling the empty space. Her fingers toyed with the fabric of her dress as memories of the past and the shocking revelation of Axel and Amelia wedding swirled in her mind.
The moonlight filtered through the curtains bathing the room in a soft glow. She sighed deeply trying to push the haunting images away.
But then the faint creak of a floorboard behind her shattered the silence.
Audrey froze her heart leaping into her throat. Slowly she turned catching the shadow of a figure attempting to slink through her partially open door. Without hesitation she grabbed the closest object which was a heavy vase and hurled it with pr
