#Chapter 89: There Won’t Be A Later

Blaire’s angry shriek at Declan has alerted every single danger in the stairwell to our presence, and some in the hallway too. Their thunderous footsteps come closer to us.

Declan uses his body to push Blaire and me inside the stairwell. I yank closed the door behind us and turn the inside lock.

From somewhere beneath us, padded footsteps start to come up the stairs. Declan places himself between