Dressed in a tiny black latex costume that didn’t hide anything, I curled my arm around Gaian’s and stepped onto the sidewalk that led to Maxine’s Halloween party. While Maxine might’ve been hosting, I hadn’t been to her home in over four years, and I was in awe.
anythingMaxine lived alone in a house that her ancestors had passed down through the generations. Sitting on the outskirts of Durnbone, the gray stone house stood three stories tall against the foggy night. It was covered in cobwebs and fake spiders, blood and gore.
“Sina!” Maxine shouted as we approached the doorway, as if she had been waiting for us. She threw her arms around my shoulders and pulled me into the house. When she finally pulled away, she looked me up and down, her gaze lingering on my barely covered body. “Yes! Y
