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28 - DEVLIN
My eyes open, but the distinct sound of a girl screaming is sending waves of chills down my spine.
Turning my head slowly to the side, Brixton is pacing in my room and maneuvering a tiny knife under and over his fingers.
How hasn't he cut himself? How-
The blade stops, cradling between two of his fingers and when I look up, his frosty hues draw me in, taking any ability I have of speaking away from me.
It's so silent between us, so silent in the room… was the screaming just in my night-
The distant plead’s of a girl interrupt that thought, telling me otherwise.
I slide out of bed, but when I reach for the door, it's locked.
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