Chapter 117 Half Measures

***Hazel***

I don’t even realize he’s moving until his hand is on me.

Firm.

Unyielding.

Pulling.

“Gideon—”

I barely get his name out before he drags me out of the kitchen, away from the chaos, away from Max and Preston and the man tied to the chair still sobbing behind us. My feet stumble to keep up with him as he moves fast, purposeful, like he’s trying to outrun something clawing at the inside o