"You have 90 seconds to hide. If you are found, you die. Good luck."

Shocked whispers irrupted through the corridor

"90 seconds?"

"When has it ever been 90 seconds."

She slipped away from the panicking croud through a side door.

This was the third drill this week. With each one, the time they are given shortens.

She glimpsed a familiar figure skirting away to her right. Dillin gave her a qu...

you forced your way into my mind.

Seeped into my vains and tainted my blood.

A sensation both deadly and kind.

A tide that gently rises then builds into a flood.

You whispered in my ear

promises you never intended to keep.

You warmed me with fire and blanketed me with fear,

and put all my strident thoughts to sleep.

So i lie still as your poison claims me.

Az it erases and rewrites.

A p...

Shards of glass littered the floor. She bent down and picked up a shard. The break was so clean you could’ve never guessed it belonged to a larger piece.

“Kara?” Someone said behind her. A concerned question that sounded so genuine she almost turned around. But no, she’s had enough.

“Please go,” she clenched her fingers around the shard in her hand and squeezed her eyes shut, fighting back tears....

Kai has always known that this room, this reprieve, was temporary. She kept a sack in the corner with only essentials for the inevitable moment they will have to leave. Her mother had taught her well.

“Be ready to remove any traces of your existence,” she had said, “you should be able to clear the area in seconds.”

The less than comfortable mat on the floor that she slept on every night was rolle...