CHAPTER 0188

NORA'S POV

The sharp clatter of something heavy breaking down ripped through my dream like a gunshot, waking me up immediately. I could literally hear my heart beating loudly from my chest as I shot up to a sitting position on this horrible bed, the old bedsprings groaning in protest. For a moment, I blinked around the room, disoriented, still half-caught between the fading edges of sleep and the