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As he left, only the two of us remained by the fire, lighting up the nearby wooded area which was dark and peaceful otherwise. There were sounds of birds cracking nearby twigs, and the roaring of the hissed, but other than that there was silence in the forest. The wind was calm, and seemed to caress my face rather than attack it. We sat opposite each other, perched on a couple of tree logs, however I was comfortable, yet tired. She had changed for the evening, wearing the impractical combination of a thick, furry coat along with a summer dre...
Trigger warning: body horror It was not the sound of the glass shattering that sent shivers down my body, but the ominous footsteps that followed. My last memory of the night before was of my cramped room, that seemed to shrink at night like a prison cell. The moonlight crept through my curtains to light up the other side of the room, where a wardrobe stood next to the door that had been bolted shut hours beforehand. I had specifically requested a room with a lock when we arrived at our friends’ house, something I had done since I was little...
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