CHAPTER 40
Storm’s POV:
I waited with bated breath, yet there was no movement, no sound, no footsteps, no thumping, not even breathing sounds, just nothing.
And it scared me the most.
Where was he?
Was he waiting by the door?
To investigate, I slowly walked back to the door and piped through the small gap to see him still standing there, but his head was turned as though he was merely scanning the room. From the side, I watched as a muscle in his jaw twitched, and he took a step back, his boots echoing against the floor, unlike mine, which was absorbed by the strange silence.
His attention has been shifted. Which means he didn’t see me. Relief washed over me, but I dared not exhale. I wasn’t safe yet.
I waited until I heard the sound of the door slamming shut; then I finally e
