-Madeleine-
I walked back towards the garden, but then I caught Chris’s scent and noticed he had moved towards the stairs leading to the next floor. Why had he gone up there? I slowly and quietly walked up the stairs.
The hallway led to all our bedrooms. Oh no, had he come here because…? I felt my heart beat faster, fear gripping it. Was he just waiting for me? He most likely was. Why else would he come here—to our bedrooms? My bedroom.
I wanted to turn around. I felt compelled to do so, but then I heard someone whimper. It was a strange, soft sound I had never heard before. I knew I shouldn’t go down there. Everything in me screamed that I didn’t want to find out what was going on, but there had always been something dangerous inside me.
It was a voice I had been good at keeping qui
