I was asleep when my eyes snapped open as a loud thud echoed through the silence of my dimly lit room.
I shot up in bed, immediately on high alert.
The noise had come from the basement, the very place I had repeatedly warned Sophia to stay away from.
Maybe she had come back to me.
My instincts kicked in at once, a primal immediacy urging me to check it out.
To investigate.
Rising from my bed, my bare feet met the cool floor as I scanned the room.
It was dark again and cold.
I tiptoed to the basement, making sure I was as silent as I could be.
Next to nothing.
A quick push of the door and I was in.
Everything seemed in order, except for a missing cushion and a chair slightly out of place.
I frowned, my keen vision was taking in the scene. I knew myself well enough and I w
