Staring numbly at the woman before her, listening to everything she'd said, Eliana felt suddenly paralyzed, standing there unable to process reality. She heard someone knocked on the door, and Samuel's voice came through the door.

"Eli, are you asleep?" he said.

Eliana's mind suddenly went blank. She stumbled back to the bed. Chloe knew she couldn't escape now, but she'd accomplished her goal. She opened the door.

Samuel's tall figure stood in the ...