Chapter 10 - Protecting Adeline From Her Dangerous Past
Back in the third-floor suite, Adeline drifted into a restless sleep while baby Rosie rested quietly against her chest.
Bernadette sat in a velvet armchair nearby, knitting a small pink blanket while keeping a vigilant watch over them both.
Elias sat at his mahogany desk downstairs, reviewing the security camera feeds on a bank of high-definition monitors.
Suddenly, a flicker of movement caught his eye near the eastern perimeter fence where the old maintenance trail began.
Two figures in dark tactical gear were scaling the stone wall, defying the deadly storm and the rising ocean tides.
Elias’s face turned into a mask of pure, cold fury as he pulled a heavy steel-framed pistol from his desk drawer.
Nobody breached Ashgrove Manor uninvited, and certainly nobody threatened anyone under his roof tonight.
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He pressed the intercom button connecting directly to Bernadette’s private suite upstairs.
“Mrs. Quinn, lock the bedroom doors and stay away from the windows,” Elias commanded in a deadly whisper.
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