Chapter 1
He’s chasing me.
He’s chasing me up the stairs. The spiral stairs that feel so narrow and endless.
His breath on my neck and my knees on the floor push me to crawl faster. Suddenly, his breath disappears. I throw myself onto the last step and crawl backwards against the wall. I’m hyperventilating.
I’m safe.
But am I really? Noise from the vents proves me wrong. The louder and louder the noise gets, the more I worry. My legs won’t work and I’m forced to sit there and wait.
And then it happens.
His fingers wrap around the metal wall as he jumps from the vent at me.
No matter how skinny you are, you’re still unfit.
I scream. He grabs my face and pulls me in.
I wake up from my nightmare, but I know he’s still there, in my dreams waiting for me to go back to sleep.
