Mary The teasing voice sent a shiver down my spine. I hoped Joshua was nearby. "Have you lost your tongue, sweetie?" Said the man, who looked to be in his thirties, he had a scruffy three-day beard, long matted black hair and a bewildered expression. I didn't know what to say, so I kept quiet and tilted my chin up. "All right, if you don't want to talk." The man said and came towards me. I instinctively took a step backwards, but he was already with me and gripped my arm tightly. Joshua! I screamed in my head for my mate, although I could feel that he was too far away to reach me in time. Roughly the man led me out of the kitchen, as we walked through the hallway I saw Alice lying unconscious on the floor. I almost had to run to keep up with the man, but out of the corner of my e