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Chapter 21- Lock room terror

Author: MCT2019
last update publish date: 2026-04-17 20:56:10

The door to the locked room slammed shut with a loud, echoing bang, trapping them in a darkness so thick it felt like it was swallowing them whole. For a moment, no one could see anything—not even their own hands.

Then the sounds came.

The frantic scratching in the hallway grew louder, faster, more desperate. The low, guttural growling turned into something far worse—a deep, chilling roar that seemed to shake the floor beneath them. It wasn’t just outside… it felt close. Too close.

And then, th
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    The dark laugh from the basement sent fear rushing through all of them again. But Cheska forced herself to think. Her mind moved fast, trying to connect everything they had seen.The locked room.Her grandfather’s grimoire.The strange, unsettling portraits.All of it pointed to something far worse than a simple gas leak.While her friends stayed close together, shaking with fear, Cheska looked down at the small leather journal in her hands. It was her grandfather’s. The same journal her mother warned her about… the same one Lola Elena tried to hide.“This,” Cheska said firmly, her voice cutting through the panic, “is our only chance. My grandfather’s journal. It might have answers… or at least help us understand what we’re facing.”Marco, his face pale, slowly nodded. “She’s right. We need to know what that thing is… and how to stop it.”Ben tightened his grip on the iron poker. He looked at the journal, fear and hope mixed in his eyes. “Do you think it tells us how to fight it?”Ch

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  • NIGHTSHIFT    Chapter 21- Lock room terror

    The door to the locked room slammed shut with a loud, echoing bang, trapping them in a darkness so thick it felt like it was swallowing them whole. For a moment, no one could see anything—not even their own hands.Then the sounds came.The frantic scratching in the hallway grew louder, faster, more desperate. The low, guttural growling turned into something far worse—a deep, chilling roar that seemed to shake the floor beneath them. It wasn’t just outside… it felt close. Too close.And then, the whispers.At first, they were faint. But slowly, they grew louder, clearer—twisting together into a terrifying chorus of voices. Cold. Angry. Hungry.“Mine… mine… mine…”The word repeated over and over, crawling into their ears, slipping into their minds like a poison they couldn’t escape.Panic gripped Cheska’s chest, sharp and suffocating. She could barely breathe. Beside her, Lia was screaming—a desperate, high-pitched cry that echoed in the darkness before being swallowed completely, as if

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