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baby, I’d park his stuff on the curb and
change my locks. The very thought seemed traitorous. How could she even think that?
They’d created life together. So, despite his mood swings and her uncertain
feelings, with a baby on the way she owed it to the child to attempt to make
things work. Whether I
like it or not.
    When she
arrived at the corner store, she ended up buying several chocolate bars: Oh
Henry !, Mars, 3 Musketeers. Oh, and a few packages of
Reese’s Pieces. She also picked up some plain chips with an onion dip in case
her craving suddenly shifted. Purchases paid for, she hurriedly walked back to
her apartment, a sudden worry making her wish she’d not chosen to go out after
dark. She watched every shadow, skirted every alley entrance until she reached
the safety of her building. About to insert the key in the lock for her
apartment, she stifled a scream when the door was abruptly flung open. David
stood in the entrance and glared at her.
    “Where the
fuck were you?” he snapped.
    Lovely.
Angry-at-the-world David was home. I
should have eaten the crackers. She held up her bags and attempted to calm
him, reminding herself that his ire stemmed from his worry over her. “I was
hungry, so I went to buy some stuff. I was only gone a few minutes.”
    “I was
only gone a few minutes,” he mimicked in a high-pitched voice. “Do you know
what I thought when I got here and you were gone?”
    Blinking,
she tried to actually figure out where his extreme anger came from. Did he fear
she’d get mugged and killed over chocolate and chips? “I’m sorry. I didn’t
think it was a big deal. Next time I’ll leave a note.” Because she refused to
ask for permission to go out on her own.
    “There
won’t be a next time,” he snarled. “From now on, you don’t leave this apartment
unless I’m with you.”
    “Excuse
me? Don’t you think that’s a little extreme? I just went two blocks to get a
snack. It’s not a big deal. I didn’t even see anybody on my way there and
back.”
    “You
wouldn’t see them coming. My enemies know how to hide their presence from
someone blind and deaf like you. Humans are so easy to fool.”
    The tone
of his rant made the hairs on her head tingle. What the hell was he talking
about? “Have you been drinking? Because you’re not making any sense.” She moved
to go around him only to squeak as he grabbed her and slammed her up against
the wall.
    “Don’t you
mock me. ” His voice emerged low and menacing. It went
well with the scary light in his eyes, which she could have sworn held a
reddish hue. “I’ve allowed you freedom because I didn’t want to jeopardize the
baby, but if you’re going to take foolish risks, then you leave me no choice. You
will obey me or face the consequences.”
    “Let go of
me. You’re scaring me.”
    He shook
her instead, each shake slamming her back into the wall. “You should be scared.
You have no idea what you’re dealing with. But you will. Soon.” A laugh left
his lips, a chilling sound she didn’t recognize at all and that made her blood
run cold.
    Who was
this stranger before her? He looked like David. Smelled like David, but the
David she knew would never have talked to her like this. Never threatened or
manhandled her in this way.
    “What’s
wrong with you?” she cried. “Why are you acting like this? I thought you loved
me.” Did he suspect she didn’t feel the same way? That she wanted him gone?
    “I’d love
to hear you scream,” he chortled in a tone she didn’t recognize.
    Stunned
disbelief held her tongue as the face before her contorted, the muscles moving
in ways that shouldn’t have been possible. They morphed for a second, a single
blink of time, into an almost canine expression. Then David’s face returned,
the expression soft and haunted. The grip on her arms loosened.
    “Run,” he
whispered. “I can’t hold him off for long. Run, Thea .
Run as far and fast as you can. Find my brother, Trent. He’ll be