DIRTY SINS: A compilation of short forbidden stories
Then, I heard the basement door click open, spilling a sliver of light down the stairs.
I squeezed my eyes shut and covered my mouth, as though that could somehow quiet my breathing. Why had I even come down here in the first place? I knew this would be their first place to look.
“Come out, come out, wherever you are...” Hans's voice, low and teasing, drifted down like molasses.
I didn't move. The wardrobe was deep in shadow, but the basement was small. They'd find me eventually.
Three sets of footsteps descended the stairs. The light from above stretched their shadows across the floor, huge and menacing, and I swallowed hard.