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Straining her ears, she picked up on the shuffle of feet against tile

Snips?

His as?

Her body tensed and her heart raced She held her breath for what see what she'd hear next until she couldn't stand the burning in her chest any longer

Josie unwound her body froht her lips to his ear “Sam, wake up I think someone's here”

“Old house,” he mumbled and rolled away from her

“No” She poked him in the kidney “Someone is here”

He didn't say anything, but he turned onto his back, eyes opened, and stared at the ceiling A series of s filtered into the bedroom When she opened her mouth, he silenced her with a shake of his head

They sat like that as the tree branches scraped against the , pushed by the gathering wind outside, but no other noises sounded in the dark Maybe she'd been wrong It was an old house A cute bungalow, but still an old house Hell, it could be her subconscious pushing her to get the fuck out of bed It was about time she listened to that instead of made-up noises

Annoyed with herself, she sat up and to

ssed the comforter off her body At the same moment her feet hit the floor, a short series of thumps blared in the silence

Sam bounded out of bed “Stay here”

“No, Saers around his forear under her touch

Another thunk echoed down the hall

“Stay here”