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"This is a really important decision," I said seriously.
Sophia snorted, but then her glance got caught on something behind me. When I turned to look at what she was seeing, she grabbed my arm to halt my movement.
"That guy has been staring at you for the last ten minutes," she said, concerned.
"Is he cute?" I joked, but her hold on my arm tightened.
"He's giving off major creep vibes, Delilah."
I frowned, a flicker of unease lighting up in my chest. Was it one of the Demon’s fan club? They’d been hanging around town lately, because even though they didn't know what my father looked like, the rumor on the Internet was that the Demon was somewhere around the area.
Pretending to be staring up at the list of movies, I glanced over to where Sophia was still glaring, and sure enough, there was a strange man leaning against the wall, staring at his phone.
Or at least pretending to be staring at his phone. His gaze kept flicking over to us…to me.
But I couldn't place him.
The Demon had shown me the major players of the three main cults who tracked his movements closely, but he hadn't been on any of those lists.
"Let's just get our food and go into the movie. I'm sure it's nothing. Some people are just weird like that," I told her reassuringly.
Even though I was very much aware of how often the weird person giving off creep vibes was in fact, a creep.
I picked some peanut butter M&M’s even though I wasn't feeling in the mood, and then we went into the comedy that I chose. Sophia was more into horror films herself, but since my life was a horror film, I'd made it clear very early on in our friendship that I would only watch movies that were funny or romantic. And luckily, she'd been understanding about that. As we settled down in our seats, I noted that the guy had followed us in, and had chosen a seat in the row to the right of us. I tried to keep my mind off him as the movie came on, but I kept feeling his eyes boring into the side of my head.
He got up to leave with about five minutes left in the movie, and I breathed a sigh of relief. The man wasn't anywhere in the lobby as we were walking out of the theater, and I was just about to push it out of my head as a weird but harmless coincidence when I saw him sitting in a faded green Jeep, parked right outside the entrance.
And he was staring right at me.
Sophia didn't notice; she was chattering away about the movie and how much she loved it. I linked an arm through hers and her words cut off, a pleased expression of surprise on her face since I wasn't usually one to initiate physical contact. I urged her through the parking lot, pretending nothing was wrong, but when I looked behind me… he was still parked.
And he was still watching.
"Aurora?" Stellan pressed. And I blinked, forcing myself out of the walk down memory lane I’d just happened upon. There was no way that was the same Jeep.
Although, how many faded green Jeeps would be around this town?
But all these years later?
I let out a shaky breath, feeling as if I was being hunted by all my ghosts.
We got out of the car, immediately getting soaked from the rain still crashing down from the sky. Stellan and I jogged over to the house, ducking under the front porch and wiping off our wet faces.
His front door opened. “Stellan?”
“Mom?” He and I traded a quick glance, then he ran to her.
I trudged through the rain, feeling oddly defeated as we returned to his old house. It took strength to walk back toward the Demon’s house; I just wanted to face the house of nightmares and be done.
“He came back.” She clutched at his arms, her eyes wide with panic. “The one who took Sophia.”
Chapter12
Aurora
“What happened?” Stellan demanded, his voice tight.
“He was here in the house! He left us a message!”
