Chapter 268
“Yes,” she said, moving away from the window.
We both stood there, frozen, listening.
Another noise. Like someone stepping on gravel.
“Sarah,” I whispered.
She came closer to me, and we both stared at the front door.
The doorknob started to turn.
My heart was pounding so hard I thought it might burst out of my chest.
The door was locked. They couldn’t get in. We were safe.
But then I heard the sound of glass breaking from the kitchen.
Someone was in the house.
The sound of breaking glass from the kitchen seemed to echo through the entire house.
For a split second, neither Sarah nor I moved. We just stood there, frozen in shock and disbelief.
Then Sarah’s entire demeanor change, it was like watching someone flip a switch.
The gentle mother who’d been playing with her kids moments ago vanished, replaced by someone harder, sharper, more dangerous.
She moved so fast I barely saw her grab one of the knives from the coffee table.
“Get behind me,” she said, her voice completely different from the gentle tone she’d been using all night.
I grabbed the gun with shaking hands, my finger finding the safety the way Leah had taught me months ago.
My other hand went instinctively to my stomach, a protective gesture I immediately forced myself to stop.
I couldn’t do that. Couldn’t draw attention to the baby.
If they knew I was pregnant, they’d target my stomach. That’s what attackers did when they wanted to hurt you in the worst way possible.
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I’d learned that lesson the hard way with Daxon.
We heard footsteps in the kitchen, heavy boots on tile floor, they were more than one person.
“How many?” I whispered.
“At least three,” Sarah whispered back, her eyes fixed on the doorway. “Maybe more.”
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My mind immediately went to the kids sleeping down the hall, we had to keep whoever this was away from them.
A man appeared in the doorway between the kitchen and living room, he was tall and broad with scars across his face. His eyes were
cold and calculating.
“Well, well,” he said, his voice rough. “Look what we have here. The Alphas sisters and their mates. This is even better than we
thought. Killing two birds with one stone.”
Another man appeared behind him, then another. Three total that I could see, but I heard more movement in the kitchen.
“You need to leave,” Sarah said, her voice steady and commanding. “Now.”
The first man laughed. “Or what? You’ll cut us with that little knife?”
“If I have to,” Sarah said, and there was no fear in her voice. Just cold determination.
I raised the gun, trying to keep my hands from shaking. “She’s not the only one armed.”
All three men looked at me, and I saw something shift in their expressions when they noticed the gun.
“Easy there,” the first man said, holding up his hands in mock surrender. “You don’t want to do that. Bullets make noise. You’ve got kids sleeping in this house, don’t you?”
My blood ran cold, they knew about Lily and Liam.
“Get out,” I said, my voice stronger now. “Get out or I will shoot you.”
“Can’t do that,” another man said. He was smaller than the first but had a cruel look about him. “We have orders.”
“From who?” Sarah demanded.
“Does it matter?” the third man said with a cold smile. “You’re coming with us one way or another.”
“Over my dead body,” Sarah said.
“That can be arranged,” the first man said.
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hand.
They started moving into the living room and Sarah didn’t hesitate. She launched herself at the first man, the knife flashing in her
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I’d known Sarah had training. Orion or Tristan had mentioned it before, said she’d been trained by her father who was a former pack
enforcer.
But knowing and seeing were two completely different things.
She was incredible.
Fast and precise, she moved like water, flowing around the man’s attempts to grab her. The knife found its mark in his shoulder and he roared with pain and anger.
But he didn’t go down. Instead, he swung at her with his good arm and she ducked under it, spinning away and slashing at his ribs in
the same movement.
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