Chapter 186

Valerie: Lucian wouldn't stop crying. It did not matter what I did, it did not matter how much I cried, pressed his head to my chest and pleaded with him to be silent. He continued to cry. And his cries were what gave us away. The footsteps continued to draw closer, about five different pairs of feet. I turned my back to the door and searched for somewhere I could hide with Lucian. If there was a toilet in the room, I could lock us in there and they wouldn't hear his cry from outside. "I can do this. We can do this." I continued to repeat in my head, over and over, whilst searching for somewhere we could hide. But there was no door. This must have been the only room in the house without a toilet. My heart fell in my chest, my shoulders followed suit. Why did I have to be so unlucky? Jo wasn't back yet. And if she returned now, the men who had come to attack us could take her away, or worse, beat her up until she was almost unrecognizable like the guards outside. My already shattered he