Rebecca
I could not believe my ears. What... what did I just hear? My heart was hammering in my chest, and my body froze, the chill creeping up my spine. The words echoed in my mind, over and over again, refusing to fade.
"Once 9 months is over, kill her." Cole’s voice—smooth, cold, and devoid of any warmth—cut through the night air like a blade.
A wave of nausea hit me, and I instinctively brought my hand up to my mouth to suppress a gasp. My eyes widened in disbelief, and my stomach twisted with dread. Cole, the man I had once trusted, the man who had seemed like my savior—he wanted to kill me? Kill me? The thought was so foreign, so impossible, that I almost thought I had misheard. But no, the words were as clear as day, and they sent a cold, biting truth into my veins.
How had it c
