All Chapters of : Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

-ˋˏ ༻❁༺ ˎˊ-Boo!I jumped so hard I almost dropped the stack of papers in my hand. My heart practically shot out of my chest before I realized who it was.“Jesus, Tori,” I muttered, pressing a hand to my chest, my pulse still hammering. “You scared the hell out of me.”She burst into laughter, clutching her stomach like it was the funniest thing in the world. “Oh my God, your face! You looked like you just saw a ghost.”I rolled my eyes, trying to play it off, even though I could still feel the adrenaline fizzing through my veins. “Yeah, hilarious. You almost gave me a heart attack. I swear, one day I’m going to drop dead and it’ll be on you.”“Oh, come on,” she scoffed out, still chuckling. “You’re such a scaredy-cat.”I gave her a look over my shoulder as I started gathering my things from the desk — my tote bag, my half-empty coffee cup, the files I was supposed to look over tonight but knew damn well I wasn’t going to. “Scaredy-cat? Please. You try working in this creepy office af

❁✿❀ When I opened my eyes, everything was… quiet. Too quiet. For a moment, I just lay there, blinking up at a cracked ceiling I didn’t recognize. Where the hell was I? I pushed myself up slowly, wincing as my muscles protested. The floor under me was hard and rough, littered with dust and old paper cups. I glanced around, and that’s when I realized — I was in a bus station. Or what used to be one. Rows of empty metal benches stretched out ahead of me, half-bent and rusted. The ticket counter was shattered, its glass cracked in spiderweb patterns. Faded posters clung to the walls, their corners peeling. One of them still read “Travel the Country!” in cheerful red letters, but the colors were so washed out it looked like a ghost of its former self. And there was no one else here. Not a single fucking soul. Just the faint whisper of wind sneaking through broken windows. I swallowed hard, my heart thudding faster. “What the…” My voice came out hoarse as I spoke, almost foreig