Tangled in his Obsession novel Chapter 80

Seraphina cautiously opened the bathroom door, took a peek outside, and then tiptoed out.

Just as she reached the stairs, there was a knock at the front door. Seraphina went downstairs to answer it and found two security guards at the door.

"Ms. Bennett, we got a call from Mr. Lawson. He asked us to check you out. The power tripped a while ago, but it should be back by now."

Seraphina nodded, "Alright, thanks guys."

After the guards left, Seraphina made a call to Balch.

The background was eerily quiet as Balch picked up. Seraphina couldn't help but ask, "Have you finished eating?"

"I've finished," Balch replied, "I'm on my way home."

Seraphina chuckled, "In such a hurry? The power's back on, I'm not scared of the blackout..."

Before she could finish her sentence, the house plunged into darkness again.

Seraphina took a deep breath.

"What happened?" Balch asked immediately.

"Another blackout," Seraphina replied, "I'll check it out..."

"Don't do that," Balch's voice took on an urgent tone, "Go to your room, lock the door, don't come out."

"Why?" Seraphina asked as she stood up and turned on her phone's flashlight.

For a big house like this, the faint light from her phone was hardly enough. Seraphina waved her phone around, only able to make out the vague outline of the house.

"Just do as I say, go to your room!" Balch's voice was getting anxious.

Seraphina heard him but didn't respond.

She simply used the dim light from her phone to look at the quiet house. As the light swept across the kitchen, Seraphina abruptly stopped and refocused the light towards the kitchen.

There was a silhouetted in the kitchen doorway standing still.

"Ahh!" Seraphina let out a scream as her phone slipped from her hand.

Her phone fell to the floor, the flashlight went out, and the room was enveloped in darkness.

Seraphina stood behind the couch, silent. The figure too was silent, with only Balch's anxious voice coming through the speakerphone, "Sera? Sera?"

Although the voice was not loud, it pierced through the eerily quiet air.

The next moment, Seraphina heard the figure move.

The figure was moving towards her.

Seraphina held her breath, quietly shifting her position.

The fuse box was in the kitchen, the figure must have turned off the lights after entering the house. This meant that if she could reach the kitchen, she could turn the lights back on.

But now was not the time.

Seraphina slowly moved, all the while keeping her ear out for any sound.

The call had ended. At this moment, Balch should be rushing home. She heard the figure move behind the couch. The next thing she knew, a beam of light lit up around the couch.

Seraphina had cautiously moved to a window by then. The person did not see her behind the couch and the next moment, a beam of light swept across Seraphina's face.

A shadow lunged at her, a gleaming knife in hand.

......

Inside Leandro's mansion, Edgar and two other friends were having a merry chat. After a while, Victor asked, "Where's Leandro? He disappeared all of a sudden. Did he go to put the kid to bed?"

Upon hearing this, Herman immediately stood up, "I'll go check on him."