Saving One's Mate

The door groaned as the pounding of the vicious rogue got stronger, wilder and more feral, sending waves of terror through Madeline's spine.

It felt like the more the rogue struggled to get into the room, the more vicious it would be once it broke through. Stepping towards the door to add to the barricade was totally out of the question now.

Madeline might have miraculously found the courage to run away from it earlier but she wasn't about to take another step closer to that monster.

"He's going to break through!" she squealed over the mind link, desperately directing her thoughts through the chaotic mind link and towards the male that had given her instructions earlier.

The door shuddered once more, the chair groaning against the pressure as more cracks netted its surface.

Madeline wondered whether the voice would come again. In her fear, she hadn't been able to recognise who was behind it.