The house settled and stilled, the sudden silence like a cleansing breath that snapped me into action.

"Eddie, please. Go find Cleo."

He looked at me for only a moment, reading from my face that yes, it was a terrible idea to separate, but it was a dog, so common sense flew out the window, and then nodded and blurred through the double doors anyway.

"Sawyer, go see about that scream. Get them out of this house."

He went, no questions asked, but I had at least ...