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Chapter Fifteen

Author: Emily Goodwin
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-21 11:17:51

Lucas takes the machete from my hands and wipes the blade on the grass, getting rid of most of the solid parts and some of the blood. He comes back, setting it down on the wooden railing.

“You’re not injured, are you?” he asks as he sits next to me.

“I don’t think so.” I look down at myself, realizing just how disgusting I am. “Sick.” I find a clean spot on my leggings and wipe my hands. “These were my comfiest pair of leggings.”

Lucas brushes my hair back and picks a chunk of rotting flesh from my braid, tossing it to the ground. I let out another deep breath, feeling my heart start to beat at a normal rate again. There are bodies littering my yard. The smell alone is enough to alert the authorities, and if anyone were to drive by and see…I don’t even want to finish that thought.

Binx comes back to the house, red eyes flashing for a brief moment before he takes on the appearance of a cat again.

“Good boy,” I tell him, wiping my hands clean again before reaching out to scratch him und
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