The Edge of Breaking

Elodie’s POV

The picture frame on my wall finally stopped rattling against the plaster.

I stood frozen in the middle of my room, staring at the closed wooden door. Kiernan’s heavy footsteps faded down the hall, but his poisonous threat kept ringing in my ears. My chest heaved. I dragged oxygen into my lungs, but it felt like swallowing crushed glass. My hands shook against my sides. A twisted ni