lt was like nothing she had ever experienced. Her legs trembled, but without thinking,

't, and sh

at urged her to run faster. They were still a distance behind her, but she d

in ragged gasps, each gasp a desperate plea f

ley, and that's when she saw it. A dumpster,

were her thoughts. Without a second thought, she bolted toward i

best to remain as silent as possible. She covered he

re thos

ca

lv

hell was

o drink, but she definit

, part wolf, part man-but this was real. This wasn't some fantasy

e thought, the thought c

e. I know I don't deserve it... I know I haven't been a good person, but please, Lord, i

face. She heard footsteps drawing closer, then a snap.

es tightly, trying to hold in her

of her fear. Her ears strained to catch any sound, but there was no

hey had stayed, this one wouldn't be dead

tone dripping with disdain. "Y

again, more focused n

here," the second voice

No matter what you do, you must find her. She can't be aliv

, Al

moved away. Ramona held her breath,

hey le

eternity. Her mind raced with que

senses; surely they woul

good at hiding, or h

r, she heard no further foo

eerie. Her heart still hammered in her chest,

ound the edge of the dumpst

her legs wobbly from

phone-11 p.m. She had be

rt race

e couldn't shake the feeling of being hunted. She had seen

ad been terri

they af

th. She couldn't linger. If she stayed out here, she m

keeping an eye on her surroundings. The night felt colder now, darker. Ramona walked quickly, not

side, her pulse still racing. She locked the door behind her wi

d, was fast asleep in the other room, oblivious to what had just happened. Ramona could barely feel the wei

s gripping the sheets as if they wer

hell just

as goi

led her name, how they had seemed to know her, how they had been

were

cted to whatever ha

n't compr

out them. Was it some kind of omen? Some twisted warning? She didn't kno

in her mind. She was still too scared to sleep, but there was nothing else she co

er life was never goin