Iron Veve's Kiss
“The fun way.”
I reached for the bike.
He laughed, the sound rotting the kudzu to sludge. “Smart girl. But that path’s got a toll.” His gloved hand gripped my wrist, the crescent scar freezing under his touch. “You’ll pay it soon.”
Louise’s whip yanked me back. The vision shattered, but his promise lingered, etched into the basement’s mold like a grave marker.
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***Anonymous POV***
The safehouse reeked of stale pizza and burnt circuit boards. For three months, I’d been squatting here, staring at that shitbox across the street—a dingy white ranch with shutters clinging by one screw each, their pink paint peeling like sunburned skin.
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