Page 15 of Their Darkest Desire

“Felix, maybe don’t open it?”

He looks back at me and lifts his finger to his lips, telling me to stay quiet.

BAMBAM–

In one swift movement, he rips the door open, prepared to fight whoever is out there. But the space is completely empty. There's no one there. What the fuck!

“Maybe we should try opening the front door again and get the hell out of here,” I plead.

Felix lets go of the door and walks back to me as it loudly slams shut.

A small scream escapes my throat while Felix pushes my body behind his.

“I don’t think it wants us to leave, princess.”

Felix

I hold Evy's arm as tight as I can, and bring her body closer to mine. She’s shaking but still trying to hide her fears from me.How adorable and annoying. Her fears are supposed to be mine.

One of the glasses on the table starts to fly around the room, hitting the wall, and I can feel her body stiffen against mine. Her breath is hitching again, and I can feel her chest against me while she tries to gasp for more air. I wish it was something else than fear choking her right now.

I walk back to the door and take Evy with me so we don’t get separated.

I grab the nob but it doesn’t budge.Goddamnit! What now?

Evy pulls on my arm, so I pull her closer to me. What does she think she’s doing?

“What? Already want to leave me?” I snarl at her.

Her eyes grow wide and she opens her mouth a couple of times before sound comes out.

“N–no, I–I look!”

I move my head towards where she's staring and see a tall, old woman standing near the table.

Her teeth are pointy and her skin looks like she's been decomposing for a while now, her hair falling out. The room is turning ice-cold and stinks of death. What the fuck!

I push Evy behind me and start to kick in the door until the hinges give up and it falls down onto the floor.

“AAAAH!”

I turn towards Evy and see that something grabbed her hair, pulling her away from me. I run to her and cut off the strand of hair with my pocket knife. The moment she's loose from whatever grabbed her, I drag her out of the room with me.

I can’t get any of the exit doors to open and the only thing I can think of is to just take her back upstairs.

She doesn’t fight me as I pull her into my room.

“Felix?”

I turn to her. She looks scared and brave at the same time. She’s shaking but obviously also keeping it together as best as possible.

“What now?” I know my answer is rude, and even though the way she looks up at me gives me an uneasy feeling, I don’t care. Or I try not to.Same thing.

“Can’t it just get in here? I mean it's like a ghost or something, right? And where is Britt? Shouldn't we go and find her?”

“Ah, shit, I forgot about her. Do we have to?”

She crosses her arms and looks like she's ready to fight me.

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