Allen hadn't even given her a chance to scream in surprise and the fact that she was lying on the floor so still sent panic trembling through rosa. He had tried to kill her once before. But what if her summoning help had caused him to kill someone completely innocent? Someone who had nothing to do with the situation. How would she ever reconcile that within herself?

Dropping to her knees, Rosa pressed her fingers against the woman's neck and was relieved to feel a pulse. She crawled to the door, the adrenaline still coursing through her body. Pulling it open, She tried to stand but instead slid out into...