A Heart Ripped Out

POV: MAEVE

"What the hell!?" Trent’s terrified scream shattered the frozen silence. He violently flinched away from me, breaking his hold as if I had suddenly caught fire.

Without his strong arms supporting my weight, I stumbled backward, my high heels scraping loudly and awkwardly against the blood-spattered tiles. My heart plummeted into an abyss of absolute, paralyzing terror. The walls of th