Moonbound
An unknown number.
She should have ignored it. She didn’t.
You don’t know what the mark can do, the message read. But I do. Be careful where you stand when the moon gets higher.
No name. No signature. Just a second text, shorter:
You weren’t the first.
The room tilted, subtle and slow. She sat, the mattress dipping under her weight, the phone heavy in her hand.
Outside, a siren cut through the city and then faded. Somewhere else, a group of kids shouted and then laughed and then were gone.