~THE MANIPULATOR~
Maybe I can find a spot to hide again. Somewhere he won’t find me this time. My mind turns over every possibility as I swing myself around the banister and charge up the steps.
A whisper of wind brushes against the back of my thighs, and when I glance behind me, I see him right on my heels.
I let loose another scream, quickening my steps. I make it up the stairs and barrel down the hallway, my desperation and pure panic
clouding my head. I can’t think, I can only act.
I’m halfway down the hallway before a steel arm bands around my waist and lifts me up.
“NO!” I scream, kicking at air as I fight his hold.
“Oh yes, baby,” he growls, swinging our bodies towards the wall. I grunt from the impact, leaning my back against the wall and using it as leverage to kick agains
