My heart roared in my ears as I followed Tyler closely down the long staircase, Al's steel feet slamming loudly on the ground behind us. Adrenaline spike to the max, I struggled to breathe, almost to the point of hyperventilation. I was reminded vividly of the night I had fled the Tucker estate. It had been raining then too, and instead of the scarred man being my supposed savior, this time he was out for blood.
Tyler swore and stumbled badly as the stairs beneath us shifted with a thunderous c***k before coming apart in a shower of stone, throwing us into the air like rag dolls. Abruptly weightless, I screamed, staring wide eyed at the open space below me, my stomach jumping into my throat in terror. Before Ed and I could make it very far, I felt a violent jerk on the back of my collar.
