My first instinct was to run. My second was to scream so that Corbin can hear me, but my vocal cords weren’t working as I stared at the face of the devil. “You can hang up now, lover boy isn’t coming for you,” Tucker said, gesturing to the phone in my hand. I prayed to God that Corbin can hear all of this. I pretended to hang up and placed the phone face down on the counter. “Do you know what went through my mind when I was informed you were alive? I thought the b***h was lying.” My mind didn’t register or pay attention to his remarks. My eyes focused on the knife tip pressing into Mandy’s neck. I flinched internally when I heard her shrieking when he placed pleasure on the knife. “Leave her out of this,” I said, raising my hands feeling utterly powerless. Years of training and

