CHAPTER 0256

AUDREY'S POV

Gideon was just about to speak when the sound of heavy footsteps echoed across the hall. The noise instantly silenced every whisper, every muffled sob, and every shaky breath. My eyes snapped toward the direction the sound was coming from.

Gideon and I turned our heads at the same time, almost in sync. It wasn’t just another one of the masked men patrolling with guns, it was the one w