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Chapter 16 - Defense of the Yellow Room

I slipped into the nursery and silently locked the heavy steel deadbolt Daniel had installed the day before.

The yellow walls were completely swallowed by the darkness. I pulled Aaron from his carved wooden cradle and huddled into the far corner of the room, behind a heavy oak dresser.

Aaron whimpered slightly.

"Shh, my sweet boy,"

I whispered, pressing my lips to his warm forehead.

"Mommy is right here. Nothing is going to hurt you."

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Suddenly, the deafening roar of a shotgun blast echoed from the ground floor, followed immediately by the rapid, terrifying staccato of automatic gunfire.

The siege had officially begun.

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