From Dark Places
““What’s your name?”“Anneka,” she replied, only when she was certain he’d keep his distance.“Anneka, we’re looking for our friend, and it looks like—well you might know what happened to him. Can you tell me?”Nothing would make him leave, she realised. After some thought she said in a low voice, “I was walking home, something grabbed me and pulled me into the alleyway...” John nodded patiently. “Go on.”“I don’t know what it was, but…” she frowned. “I don’t want to talk to anyone about this, just ...leave me alone.”“You’re worried I won’t believe you? I will, trust me, I will.”She studied his face and bit her lip. “I don’t think it was a person at all. Perhaps an animal? But here, in the city?”“It attacked you?”She stared at the wall, just past him. “It was about to. Then this man came running and it attacked him instead. I—I don’t remember much more… I shut my eyes. I just stayed in the corner. Then you came.”“Ok—just hang on a second, I’ll be right back.”He stood up and went to his companion.MoreLess
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