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CHAPTER SIXTEEN

T hat night my dreams turned into nightmares, like they had when I was little. I kept seeing the black door with the red X on it. Something was whispering to me from behind that door—something or someone who wanted me to open the door and let them out…

“No!” I protested. I wanted to run from the door and the thing on the other side of it, but some horribly strong force was holding me there. The same force grabbed hold of my hand and I watched in horror as I started reaching for the knob.

This time it would be unlocked. I didn’t know how I knew that, I just knew it. This time the knob will turn and the door would open and the thing on the other side would get me. He would get me.

I saw a flash of a face on the other side—glowing red eyes were staring at me, filled with malevolence and hunger. The thing on the other side of the door was a monster, I suddenly realized. He was a monster and he wanted to eat me up…