“You did what?!” Milly took a large step back, her lip curled in disgust. Nigel cringed at her disdain. “I planned to leave him for the cops. I really did, but then he started to taunt me; making jibes about Julia and Mads. I think he wanted me to do it, I figured out later. […]
“Where do you want me to start?” he asked. He then raised his hand, finger outstretched. “And if you say ‘the beginning’, I will lock you in that cool room and walk away.” Bec shrugged. “How about what makes you so scared that you’re willing to blow us all up to stop it. Because I […]
As he stared, the heap trembled. Legs and heads rolled from the top of the pile and bodies shuddered. Nigel jumped back, half expecting the pieces to reassemble and come at him in some new, patchwork horror. A white arm, missing half the fingers on its hand, stretched out from beneath the viscera. Fresh purple […]
“People?” Milly’s voice rose in excitement. “Quick!” She reached for the handle of the stairwell door. Nigel grabbed her hand before she could open it and shook his head. He leaned forward. Bec and Milly joined him in unison. They stood with their ears pushed to the door for a full twenty seconds, each holding […]