Logan had only been gone for little more than a few minutes, and I was already missing him.
There was no response.
Frowning, I pressed my ear to the wood to listen. “Logan?”
A shot of unease rippled through.
Dread slipped like ice down my spine.
Cold as it spread.
Because in that second, I knew it. I knew it just as sure as I knew the child that grew in my belly.
And I’d never let it happen.
Not this time.
I turned on my heel to run for my phone. That was right when two huge bangs crashed against the door. Wood splintered and metal twisted.
Alarm pounded through my bloodstream.
No.
On the third hit, it busted wide open.
A scream ripped up my throat, and I kept running as I looked back to find a man in the doorway who held a metal battering ram.
Jarek stepped around him and came through the doorway.
Evil curled through the air.
My knees nearly buckled, but I forced myself to hold down the fear.
I just had to make it to the bedroom where I’d left my phone and everything would be okay.
My bare feet slapped on the dark floor, but it was the sound of the heavy footsteps that grew closer and closer that sent terror ripping through my veins.
With each thudded step, his vile presence swarmed the room.
I pushed myself harder, flying into the bedroom and going for the nightstand.
I heaved a breath when I grabbed my phone, but Jarek was on me before I could even bring the screen to life. His hand flew out in the same motion, smacking me across the face. The force toppled me onto the bed. “You stupid bitch.”
Horror tore from my throat and banged against the thick walls.
No.
No.
I couldn’t let this happen.
He grabbed a handful of the shirt at the neck and jerked me up to standing. “Where is it, Aster, where is the stone?”
My head violently shook, and I clawed at his hand. “I don’t know.”
“You’re a fucking liar.” Hatred burned in his expression. “You think you’re going to ruin everything, don’t you? Stop me? I will have what I want. He will not make a fool of me again.”
Jarek jerked me forward and began to drag me back through the apartment.