Chapter 174

The noise of glass shattering to bits had my lids snapping open, and as I reached out to touch Adler, my heart thudded wildly, seeing I was alone.

I touched his side of the bed and found it still warm. At the same time, another crash hit my ears, sending me scrambling out of bed and yanking open drawers, looking for the pistol I knew he always had with him.

When I found it sitting pretty in the bedside table drawer, my hands trembled as I grabbed it, feeling the weight of its familiarity. 

Memories seared into my thoughts, 

**'Right?"**

**"Right..."**

I gasped and swallowed, feeling the urge to throw the weapon out the window and fling myself into harm's way, but then—a couple of gunshots echoed through the house, and loud grunts reached my ear—Adler was there.

Cold fear rippled down my spine as I flung open the door, the chaos downstairs growing louder, making it hard to breathe. With my finger on t