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Her questions baffle me. “Me? I didn’t do any-fucking-thing,” I hiss back.
Not only is it a stupid accusation, it’s an impossibility. The only times Irina’s given me any privacy is when one of us has been in the bathroom. But even then, I was never alone. Not really. The Reapers guarding us might stay out of sight, but they’re there. Silently watching us and guarding the exits.
“Then who—”
I stiffen as Irina lets out a blood-curdling scream that threatens to bust my eardrums.
“Irina?” I whimper.
She screams again and again. Until her voice is raw, barely more than a whisper. Then there’s a sudden weight added to the handcuff like she’s pulling on it. The pressure forces me to my knees, and I use my free hand to search for her.
When she stops screaming, there are footsteps. They sound like they’re… fuck. I can’t tell where they’re coming from or where they’re going.
Fuck.
“Irina?”
Who would… Oh, my God. It’s them. The Kings. They’ve come for me.
“I’m in here,” I scream at the top of my lungs. “Help. I can’t… I can’t get out.”
My hand lands in a warm, wet, and sticky substance, and I immediately cringe back from it. Then I force my hand back into it, following the trail until it connects with…
“Irina,” I breathe.
As my eyes grow used to the heavy, all-consuming darkness I can almost make out the shape of her body. If what I’m seeing is to be trusted, she’s lying completely still… too still.
“Irina?”She doesn’t stir.
Shuffling around, I reach for her hand that’s cuffed to mine. I’m not sure exactly what I’m searching for, or what I think I can do. I don’t have the fucking key. And in the darkness there’s no way I’d be able to find the key.
As I call out for help again, cackles echo through the house.
“It wants help.”
I turn my head in the direction of the distorted voice.
“It doesn’t even want to help itself.”
This time it comes from another direction.
Trick or treat
Tonight you’ll get beat
Trick or treat
Tonight you’ll feel the heat
Trick or treat
Trick or treat
Trick or treat
As the voices sing the words over and over, I feel like I’m losing my grip on reality, and my fucking sanity. What the hell is going on?
Trick or treat
