My eyes flew open. The swing slowed to a stop.
Another step. Then another.
Someone was definitely walking toward me.
My heartbeat immediately sped up.
Shit.
I shouldn't have stayed here this late.
The park had emptied almost half an hour ago. Families had gone home. Children had disappeared. Joggers had finished their rounds. There was nobody left.
Except me.
I quickly slipped off the swing and turned around, my entire body tensing. A figure stood several feet away beneath one of the dim streetlights.
Tall. Broad shoulders. Young.
His hands were tucked inside the pocket of a light blue hoodie, the hood pulled low enough to hide most of his face beneath the shadows.
I instinctively took a step backward. The stranger took one toward me. Every instinct inside me screamed at me to r
