Need Me by Eden Cynthia

Author:Eden, Cynthia [Eden, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Julianna’s front door was wide open, and the shriek of the mansion’s alarm blared into the night. Devlin ran up the steps and into the dark house. “Julianna!” he roared as fear closed around his heart like a cold fist. “Julianna, where are you?” After he’d made his phone call, uncertainty had gnawed at him. He’d just had to leave… he’d needed to make certain that she was safe. A phone call wouldn’t have been enough. Devlin had needed to see her.

From what he could see right then, no, Julianna wasn’t safe. Not at all.

“Julianna!” He hit the light switch. He’d seen it the last time he was there, a few feet away from the entrance. Illumination flooded the scene. The first thing he saw was the keys. They were just tossed on the floor. He frowned at them—the keys meant Julianna was there—then his gaze shot around the house.

When he saw the door, a door that appeared to have been fucking pounded by someone, his heart seemed to stop. “Julianna!” This time, her name was a roar as he raced to that door—the door that he knew led into the den. He grabbed the knob, but it was locked. “Julianna, are you in there?” He lifted his leg and slammed his foot into the door, aiming for the lock and doorknob. He’d bust that damn thing down and get to her.

He heard sirens outside, the cry still distant but coming closer. He lifted his leg and kicked again and—

“Stop it!” Julianna’s cry. High and desperate. “Leave me alone! The cops are coming! Just leave me alone!”

“It’s Devlin.” He stopped kicking that door. He put his hand on the cracked surface of the wood, wishing that he could be touching her. “Baby, it’s me. Open the door for me.”

“D-Dev?” Then there was a gasp and a thud.

“Julianna!” She was scaring the hell out of him.

The door knob turned and she swung open the door. She had a broken wine glass in one hand. She didn’t reach out to him, just stood there, her body trembling. “He said I shouldn’t be here.”

He grabbed her in his arms and pulled her close. She was warm and soft and alive. “Baby…”

The sirens were getting closer.

“H-he could still be here.” She pushed against him. “Come into the den with me. We’ll lock the door again. We’ll stay safe. He couldn’t get to me.” She was talking far too fast. “I locked the door and put Jeremy’s chair in front of it. He couldn’t get to me.”

Light spilled onto her face. He could see a bruise already forming on her forehead. “Julianna, it’s okay.” He reached for her right hand.

She screamed. The sound was sharp and desperate and pain-filled.

He jerked his fingers back as if he’d been burned.

“He broke it,” she whispered as she looked down at her hand. “When I tried to fight him, he broke my wrist.”

The sonofabitch was going to suffer.

“Come into the den with me.” Julianna was almost begging now. “We’ll be safe in there.

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