All Chapters of Deviant On The Ice : Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

MarloI hated the cold, yet here I was, spending another Friday night breathing in the freezing air of the Monash University athletic center.I twisted out a heavy mop into the yellow bucket, my knuckles aching. The harsh fluorescent lights of the corridor buzzed above me, offering no heat, only a blinding headache. Through the thick glass doors at the end of the hall, the roar of the crowd was a muffled, continuous thunder.It was just a Friday scrimmage, a practice match before the real season started, but the stands were packed to the rafters. Everyone on campus worshipped the ice. More specifically, they worshipped the monsters who owned it.I pushed the mop down the hallway, keeping my head down. My oversized hoodie swallowed my frame, and I instinctively tugged the left sleeve down to cover my wrist. The thin silver scar there was a permanent reminder of the night my life burned to the ground. A reminder of why I needed this miserable, minimum lwage cleaning job. Forensic psycho

Marlo I slammed my fists against the heavy door until the skin on my knuckles split."Let me out!" I screamed, my voice tearing through my raw throat. "Someone, please! Let me out!"My frantic cries bounced off the cold walls of the surveillance room, swallowed by the suffocating silence of the underground. I spun around, my back pressing hard against the locked door. My chest heaved, my lungs burning as I stared in absolute horror at the glowing monitors.On the largest screen, the masked man standing behind Aunt Siobhan hadn't moved. He was just a dark, towering shadow in our small, worn out living room. Siobhan was still calmly sipping her tea, her fragile, silver haired head resting against the back of the sofa, completely unaware that death was standing mere inches away from her."Auntie, turn around," I whispered, hot tears spilling down my cheeks. I pressed my hands to my mouth to muffle a sob. "Please, just turn around."As if the masked man could hear my desperate prayers th