I headed back to the bedroom and changed into some clean clothes, but Axel was nowhere to be found. As I stepped into the hallway, I noticed that it was eerily quiet; there was no one around. Then it hit me that when we returned to the packhouse, only Jordan had been there. I wasn’t sure if he had stuck around or if he had left after we arrived. Axel had taken me upstairs, and I was so wrapped up in him that I hadn’t even noticed whether Jordan slipped out through the front door.
I slowly made my way downstairs and was caught off guard to find the front door wide open—definitely not the norm. I walked over to the entrance and peeked outside, but saw nothing out of the ordinary. So, I stepped back inside and shut the door behind me.
Just then, a voice broke the silence from behind me, mak
