I hear a knock at the door.
I wasn’t expecting anyone.119Please respect copyright.PENANA1e4sUOX2rd
I check my watch. 3:17 in the morning.
Must be the neighbor’s kids playing pranks again.119Please respect copyright.PENANAjs7JGFwa1N
I close my eyes and try to drift back to sleep.119Please respect copyright.PENANAxLsWgmhi68
Then comes another sound.
BANG.119Please respect copyright.PENANAomX9zXa0h7
My eyes shoot open. My heart skips.
“What the hell?”119Please respect copyright.PENANAYEXXfncW8r
I get up, quietly moving to my closet and grabbing my shotgun. My hands are shaking a little, but I tell myself it’s nothing. Probably just the wind.119Please respect copyright.PENANAZPl7wJyXLy
I open my bedroom door carefully. The house feels heavier at night, like the walls are holding their breath. I keep the lights off and walk toward the front door, every step measured.119Please respect copyright.PENANAb8laHFjAkw
I press my eye to the peephole.
Nothing.119Please respect copyright.PENANA15wE4dYdxb
I slowly unlock the door and open it just enough to peek outside. The street is empty. The air is still.119Please respect copyright.PENANASJbuS5pK1P
I sigh. Those damn kids.119Please respect copyright.PENANAOqir3Vxdug
That’s when I notice it. A note lying on the porch.
The handwriting looks familiar.119Please respect copyright.PENANArKkDslKbDy
I pick it up, shut the door, and lock it again. I turn on the light and sit at the table, setting the shotgun down beside me.119Please respect copyright.PENANARp05IPQwc1
I unfold the paper.119Please respect copyright.PENANAkAVwrOrRhz
BEHIND YOU.119Please respect copyright.PENANAFwQ75PFM7q
For a second, I just stare at it. My breath catches in my throat.119Please respect copyright.PENANANenh9tLmmq
I turn around.119Please respect copyright.PENANAQZzJNjHg5o
There’s a tall figure standing in the corner. Its face is completely white, like a sheet of paper stretched too tight over bone. Its mouth is smiling, wide and wrong, its teeth wet with blood.119Please respect copyright.PENANAZwmA3jndBy
It isn’t human.119Please respect copyright.PENANAv6bw5w2Tic
I can’t move. I can’t even breathe. I feel frozen in place, trapped inside my own body.119Please respect copyright.PENANAHQBr2iawNl
The creature tilts its head, and its smile widens. My pulse finally kicks back to life. I grab the shotgun and fire.119Please respect copyright.PENANA34MI6NyJMu
The blast echoes through the house. The creature screams, a sound like metal scraping against glass. It stumbles, and I run.119Please respect copyright.PENANAhWQLn9aAvq
I race to my room, nearly tripping as I reload. I slam the door shut and lock it, my hands trembling so hard the gun almost slips from my grip.119Please respect copyright.PENANAzyJh5iumRc
Silence.
No footsteps. No banging.
Just a single laugh.119Please respect copyright.PENANAwMTwai0Qok
I turn around slowly.119Please respect copyright.PENANASRMOX3pkqx
It’s there, smiling.119Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ie8NEdVmv
Oh, fuck.
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