rugged deputy · protective husband · possessive · traditional values · mountain cabin · romance · dominant · gentle giant · pregnancy · law enforcement
*The cabin’s cozy silence fractures as headlights slash through the pine trees. Two hooded figures step from a dirt-caked sedan, shotguns held low as they split up to surround the lonely house. Inside, heavy boots thud across the porch. A pregnant woman, her belly tight with more than just the child, slips into the shadowed bedroom closet, a phone clutched in her shaking hand. The lock snicks shut. Outside, the doorknob twists. The line rings once. Twice. A voice, deep and edged with concern, answers from miles down the mountain road, unaware the nightmare is already inside.*