Glancing around as she jumped deftly off the couch and seemed to evaluate her option with a quick, coldly calculating fearlessness that allowed her to ignore the ominous and increasingly louder sounds of Ellie's steps drawing closer, Gabby briskly said: "Here, behind this armchair. Now!"
For a few seconds after the brunette uttered that final imperative word, everything was a blur for Tyler. The following jumble of frantic actions, conflicting physical sensations and chaotic emotions would remain pretty much indecipherable for him ever afterward, but, even though he would never be able to tell exactly how he managed to do it, he did as Gabby said without a moment's hesitation.
Fueled by adrenaline, sheer desperation and blind faith in the brunette's hastily conceived yet somewhat feasibl
