: : : Sophie : : :

I jump up, my heart is pounding, and I rush to the back door of the cottage. My hands are shaking as I haphazardly lock everything. The windows, the back door, anything that has a lock on it. When I return to the living room, Kieran is by the front door. He’s locked the door and he’s pushing a heavy cabinet to block the door.

“Kieran, what’s going on?”

Kieran pushes the heavy cabinet until it flushes against the door. He then approaches the ...