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To her left and right, Hyde and Jesse were sound asleep. She gently nudged Hyde, but he wouldn’t budge. She tried a little harder this time and he finally opened his eyes.

“It’s too early, Rene,” he mumbled sleepily.

“Hyde…” she started, fearfully, “I think I heard something.”

“It’s the woods, baby,” he kissed her on the forehead, “there’s all sorts of strange sounds here.”

“I don’t think it was the woods,” she continued, even more afraid now, as she gazed at the closed doors, as if she expected someone to barge in any second.

He sat up in bed, turned to her.

“What did you hear?” he asked cautiously.

They both remembered what happened last time, and how they all barely managed to save their heads, and most importantly, Parker. They couldn’t afford to be caught off guard like that again. The stakes were too high.

“It sounded like someone was in the kitchen downstairs, I can’t explain it,” she whispered.

“What’s going on?” Jesse joined the conversation, with only one eye open.

“Rene thinks she heard something downstairs,” Hyde said under his breath, trying to speak as quietly as possible.

Jesse immediately sat up and, now, all three were staring at the door, equally strenuously.

“Should we go and check it out?” Jesse asked.

“Yes,” Hyde nodded slowly.

He pulled the covers and got up. His naked butt flashed in the moonlight and Rene would have giggled at the sight if she wasn’t so anxious. She cou

ldn’t get that man out of her sight, how he growled at her, how he was about to wrap his hands around her neck and she was sure he wouldn’t have let go until the last traces of any life were drained out of her.

Jesse did the same. The two quickly pulled up their pants. The tension made their bodies tighter. Every muscle was now clearly visible, every vein palpitating with that surge of blood caused by adrenaline.

“We need you to stay here,” Hyde told her.

The thought of staying alone here while they went downstairs to check whatever was making that sound sent shivers down her spine.

“I’m scared,” she whimpered.

“We’ll check upstairs first, don’t worry,” Jesse caressed her cheek softly. “Then, we’ll go down. Trust me, no one will go past us.”

The look in her eyes revealed how frightened she was. Here they were, in the middle of nowhere, only the three of them. No one would be able to come to their aid if they needed it.

“You’ll be fine,” Hyde kissed her forehead, and they tiptoed out of the bedroom, leaving the door ajar.

Rene was left alone. Seconds passed slowly, like hours. She had a feeling she’d been waiting for them for too long. No matter how hard she tried to hear anything from downstairs, the only reply she would get was oppressive and frightening silence.

She considered going after them, but knew that wasn’t a good idea. They might mistake her for an intruder in the dark. She’d best stay put, as she was told.

All of a sudden, the door pushed open a little. She grabbed the covers, and pulled them up to her naked body, trying to use it as a shield, not even realizing how silly that was. She resembled a child who was afraid of monsters in the dark, monsters who would come out of her closet or crawl out from underneath the bed, and the only thing she could do was hide under the covers, believing them to have some magic properties.

A second later, the door pushed open a little more. Her heart raced wildly, she had to press her hand against her chest to prevent it from jumping out of her. She swallowed heavily, trying to calm her breathing. Whoever was pushing the door open wasn’t Hyde or Jesse. They’d barge in to tell her that everything was alright. It obviously wasn’t.

Wanting to call out their names, she bit her lower lip. That would do no good. Right now, she was all alone in this room, and if she needed to defend herself, she’d have to do it all on her own.

Finally, the door pushed open violently, and even though she couldn’t see the silhouette who barged in properly, she knew it wasn’t the same intruder who attacked them in Hyde’s home. This was someone else. But, before she could analyze him better, she was standing on the floor, her hands held behind her back, and a shiny knife blade pressing against her neck.

She was afraid to breathe properly, lest the knife should slip and cut her. She didn’t care that she was naked and that was how she might die. The only thing on her mind was that Hyde and Jesse might get hurt. How could she buy them some time and help them escape?

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