The roar of the engine shattered the stillness of the night, its guttural growl echoing off the frost-covered trees. Sophie turned, her breath catching in her throat as the blinding headlights burned through the dark. They came at her fast, too fast, slicing through the silence with a terrible inevitability.
The man’s warning echoed in her head: “You shouldn’t have brought anyone with you.”
Before Sophie could react, the car closed the distance, the screech of tires on ice cutting through her paralysis.
“Sophie, move!”
Anastasia’s voice rang out, fierce and commanding, pulling Sophie back from the brink of fear. She barely registered Anastasia lunging forward until she felt the force of her sister’s shove, hard and unrelenting. Sophie stumbled backward, her feet sliding out fro
