A

ay?" Jasper asked

at my screen. How do I even ex

one and shoved it deep into my bag. My fingers lingered on the s

ntly of roasted coffee beans and warm pastries, but the sudden chill creeping up my spine had me feeling out of place.

g, ridiculous one, and I won't stop

I grabbed my phone, half-dreading what I might see. My chest tightened. No new message. Th

ed Ver

y a stupid person pulling pranks on me. She promised to call the number

hone when a terrified

et, abandoning their meals, while staff rushed toward the source of the

jumped to my feet and ran along

It couldn't be what I

him unconscious on the floor, blood pooling beneath h

o

y throat refused to work. My body felt fro

ing to assess the situation. Their voi

.

retcher and into the ambulance. The ride to the hospital was a haze of flashing lights and sir

ally

s going to survive it. But now

hospital was Jasper's aunt, and she qui

ble to sit still. the stark white walls only made everythin

this to him? Who

d asked if they'd checked the cameras already, and

strange and could only mean that their system had been hacked into, and for someone to have hacked into their system

ion made me

consciousness, he'd probably sa

urpose, then cleared every e

one against the wall bu

ed my inbox and

ll are you, and

feel my wrath radiating through the screen, just as much as

is time r

: Take

hard I clenched them. And if my fingers were blade, they'd ha

do to you when I find you, you stupid frea

. Heck, I couldn't even remember th

s hurt because of me-again. Th

respond that I th

ly, it's the ot

soner, Green, and I have every int

ed by a mighty frown that c

se you, if you had anything to do with w

se was alm

rom you and I'll take the path

though my veins were lava. My heart t

o to the fourth floor and to the seventh room where

lifting up to obse

geway. Not even a single staff was in sight.

hing wasn

rt of a fre

he sensation of being watched crept over me like icy fingers trailing down m

hours before his r

with won't be as lucky as the one in

s. I stared at the text, but the letters blu

me up with a reply but couldn't. My he

ho on my tail, and somehow, I'd been ignoring t

tiny voice had been trying to warn me of my monster, but I chose not to listen, because I didn't want to fac

ut an end to my cowardice

angry strides, boarded a cab a