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
