Hysteria (2012)
“I didn’t need him to tell me when it would start. I heard the doors latching softly first, then the light padding of footsteps. Someone tested the handle, gently, but I had locked it. Then someone started knocking. Softly, but frantically.
“Help,” they whispered. “Mallory, help!”
I imagined them waiting on the other side of the door, waiting for me. Smiling at each other. Waiting to grab me. Instead I slipped on my sneakers, opened the window, and hopped out. It wasn’t a far drop, but i...t was hard to judge in the dark, and my ankle rolled. I stretched it out, took a few shaky steps, and started to run.
Dark shapes came into focus against the brick of the building across the quad—Reid’s dorm. Three people, dressed in black, hoods pulled up over their heads. They spread out in front of me, closing in from different angles. I couldn’t tell them apart until Reid let his hood fall back, just a little off his face.MoreLess
“Help,” they whispered. “Mallory, help!”
I imagined them waiting on the other side of the door, waiting for me. Smiling at each other. Waiting to grab me. Instead I slipped on my sneakers, opened the window, and hopped out. It wasn’t a far drop, but i...t was hard to judge in the dark, and my ankle rolled. I stretched it out, took a few shaky steps, and started to run.
Dark shapes came into focus against the brick of the building across the quad—Reid’s dorm. Three people, dressed in black, hoods pulled up over their heads. They spread out in front of me, closing in from different angles. I couldn’t tell them apart until Reid let his hood fall back, just a little off his face.MoreLess
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