Haunting-Adeline
What is he feeling right now? Standing on the other side, wai ng for meto enter. Our roles are reversed, this me with me lingering outside thedoor. S ll, I’m the one le terrified while he calmly awaits me. An cipa ngall the things he’s going to say to me. Do to me.How he’s going to hurt me. Punish me.Steeling my spine, I turn the knob and push open the door. When itswings open, a scream climbs up my throat.He didn’t even try to hide.My balcony doors are wide open, the moonlight spilling in. And there, adark figure shrouded in white light, is my shadow. Staring at me with awicked smile on his face and a blade in his hand.
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- Page 120 and 121: fear. But also from something else.
- Page 122 and 123: My strangled scream pierces the air
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- Page 153: release a shaky breath.I have a cho
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- Page 197 and 198: Even if I were forced in front of a
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- Page 201: He pauses at the door, turning his
What is he feeling right now? Standing on the other side, wai ng for me
to enter. Our roles are reversed, this me with me lingering outside the
door. S ll, I’m the one le terrified while he calmly awaits me. An cipa ng
all the things he’s going to say to me. Do to me.
How he’s going to hurt me. Punish me.
Steeling my spine, I turn the knob and push open the door. When it
swings open, a scream climbs up my throat.
He didn’t even try to hide.
My balcony doors are wide open, the moonlight spilling in. And there, a
dark figure shrouded in white light, is my shadow. Staring at me with a
wicked smile on his face and a blade in his hand.
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