Chapter 66. Marked

Freya POV

My heart lurched forward and dread settled over my shoulders when the doorbell rang. For a second, I wanted to settle with the fact that maybe there was a chance that my hearing was now impaired because why in the world was someone outside my door by 3:30am?

I hadn’t slept because everything Alexandro did to me and the children still held me in disbelief. It made me wonder how my life would have been that night if I hadn’t sought his help.

But right now, it didn’t matter, what mattered was who was knocking at the door.

I stood from the couch, stealthily walking towards the door as I leaned towards the peephole. I saw nothing. Could I have heard wrong?

Despite the fear that gnawed at my insides, I reached for the door’s handle, opened it, and swiveled my head around. There was no one outside and there was a high chance that I had heard wrong.

However, at that moment, my heart turned cold in my chest when I spotted a crow on a branc