Chapter 6
Had her silent plea worked? She had no way of knowing, but Audrey felt a little better now that she at least had tried.
All was still in the house, except for the faint tick-tick of the clock on the mantel and every once in a while a strange, keening sound that she guessed must be the wind whistling through the pines. For a moment, she thought to go to the window and look outside, but since the property didn’t appear to have any exterior lights — or at least any lights that were turned on — she doubted she’d be able to see anything.
She unfolded her legs, which felt a little stiff after sitting in that not-quite lotus position for more than twenty minutes, and leaned against the headboard. In that moment, she realized how utterly bone-tired she was. It had been a long and terr
