Thalia

I clung to my husband's arm as we went back in to the house.

My body just now realized the biting cold air, eliciting a shiver from me.

The sight of the lifeless intruders made hairs at the back of my neck stand up.

I was still rattled and still trying to piece what had happened all together. One moment I was about to get up and then the next it was raining bullets and I was pressed to Ryder's body as he practically carried me to the stove.

And when I got ...