Rogue Wolf’s P.O.V
“Mom!” I called out as soon as I stepped inside the house. “I’m home!”
Only eerie silence greeted me from inside the wide space.
I paused, looking around at the open windows and watching the curtains blow back in the warm afternoon wind. The wind chime on one of the windows made a twinkling sound, one that I often found pleasing. But for some reason, that same sound felt ominous today…like the chimes of a knell…
“Mom?” I called again. “Dad? Maze?”
I called my family one by one, but that eerie silence remained.
I found myself rooted to the spot, unable to move, unable to go further inside. Fear gripped my heart in a vice grip, slowly tightening its hold.
My father had warned me about this day. The day we might get discovered…the day they might come for us. But I hadn't expected it to be today…I hadn't expected them to ever show up. We hid so well…