elled like fresh

into the center of the

ed canvas-a sickeningly sweet landscape of sunlit lawns,

of commercial, soulles

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hallway, leaving the heavy d

d slowly towa

tared at the canvas. The bright yellow

alette. Her fingers felt s

of bright yellow paint

lway, Etienne

th the ease of a ghost, following the p

e partially open do

wall, perfectly positioned in the blind spot, watching

the brush across the canvas, ad

brush into a jar

t was a lie. Her entire exist

w, a sudden eruption of c

oom!" a voice boomed

Katelyn like a

r breath started coming

nergy of her true artistic persona-The Wilds-c

. The sweet landscap

rted to the

pure, dark crimson paint.

t reach f

f the crimson paint directly onto

tely dark. The terri

fingers directly into the cent

y, Etienne's lazy

to her reflection, his jaw tightening as he wa

scraped fiercely

rlying paint, using the thick texture t

lor bled into th

ying on pure muscle memory and an ab

avy, ragged. Sweat b

the bright sunlight was swal

e dove w

g strokes of the landscape, was a grotes

t still looked lik

it was a

ed back. Her

s. A profound sense of physiological relief wash

pe and scrubbed furi

til it was raw and red

ds in the hal

r open, poking her head

d, Katelyn's spine curve

eps back from the eas

y, the optical illusion held. She only saw a ch

and get back to your room," the m

atelyn w

oth and draped it carefully over the

and started walk

d, her eyes glu

IP lounge, the hairs on the

atory gaze burning int

her head t

gainst the wall, half

nto hers, gleaming with a d

ely, Etienne rais

e a violent, scraping motion in the air, mimicki

mouth lifted int

against her ribs. The ai

He saw e