We ran up to the door and i banged on it.
“Kayla?! Open up.”
I thought i could hear a faint sound within, but i couldn’t make out what it was. I tried the door, and thankfully it was unlocked. We charged up the stairs to Kayla’s room shouting her name. Without knocking, i flung open Kayla’s door to see her backed into a corner by Shane, who’d turned at my entrance. He was holding a knife.

“What the hell are you doing here, Tom?”
Apparently he hadn’t seen Paul, for he was standing just outside the room.
“I could easily be asking you the same.”

He glared at me and suddenly grabbed Kayla, putting the knife against her throat.
“Leave, and she lives… for now.”
I felt a rush of almost uncontrolable anger rise within me, and Shane grinned wickedly at the sight of the torn look on my face. I felt defeated, and thought I’d been standing there forever before Paul whispered from behind me.

“Tom, get down slowly…”