Adam
It was dark but it looked like I was crouched down, hiding in some kind of bushes.
The moon was high. My excitement was growing. I’d been able to escape them and I was confident I would forever remain one step ahead of them. Yes, they had ambushed me. Yes, I’d been injured. But I’d escaped like last time.
I was invincible.
I would forever be one step ahead of them.
Inside, I could hear the parents of my next victim falling asleep. Their breathing was deepening, their heartbeats slowing…
I snuck to her window and unlatched it. And just like that, I was inside. I slithered over to the girl’s bed. Her dark hair spilling over her pillow, her innocence shining bright even as she peacefully slept.
I reached out and stroked her hair. It was just as black as hers… heck. She even rese
