After pulling an all-nighter in the lab, I was dead set on getting back to catch up on sleep.
An unknown number flashed on my screen. I hit decline out of instinct. Scams were getting way too common these days.
Right after I hung up, a text came in. Delivery notification.
I took a closer look. Same number.
I stood there for a second, thinking. I did have a few packages on the way.
I walked over to the campus gate and scanned the area. No delivery guy in sight. But there was this woman in a heavy coat walking toward me.
She was pale and gaunt, her eyes bloodshot.
Her face was covered in bruises and cuts, some of them fresh, still oozing, like she hadn't even bothered to clean them up.
When she got closer, I realized it was Maya. Hadn't seen her in ages.
She looked like a completely
