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Chapter 1 STRANGER AT THE DOOR

Word Count: 1729    |    Released on: 16/07/2025

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chaotic rhythm, just a few minutes ago

ed the umbrella" I muttere

ring about my clothes. My backpack felt heavier than usual, not because of the soaked papers after all I did not spend a whole $30 f

ck car, probably a Bentley or a Tesla I don't know, b

path, but I'm always aware of my surroundings. I couldn't help

t few weeks, I'm sure of this, cause this is down

locking the door, I feel my tense nerve

hid rotting wooden floors. Habitually I began sniffing around my apartment to know if someone broke in ag

f not for her medical history making her unfit for guardianship, I would by now be legally her gra

ck, k

looked through the pee

open this door I will yodel so hard and loud th

her beauty, dyed midnight blue hair sticking to her face, her body con could not hug her perfect fi

agged out as she helps h

shoes. Those were her favorite

removes it and th

on't complain because after her

u upset, apart

eing a supernatural, you can't catch a cold after being drenched i

oday" Sloane says as she grabs the who

immune system, but she is daring for a human. Going to

ne every oth

y report three times today, giving escuses like it does capture the main element, the font

him, or maybe it's the fact that he gave her my report to work on and she just highlighted on some unimportant

nine to five, minimum wage income, enormous workload.

ust promoted and is already power crazed, but

, but I just caught them going at it in the restroom at lunch time, now every

onsequences later kind of girl, but now I

any reached out to me offering me a higher salary and residency at the company apartment, whi

'm so happy for you" I s

n her cheek and begins rumm

e last year of high school and I just entered freshman year. After pulling off a prank on the vice principa

e cookie jar" Sloane says h

n, so no more cookie

at old hag

g me' face, I know Mrs Elliott and Sloane don't

do you two not g

your favourite cookie, but when it was finally within my reach, it was intercepted my the wrinkled fingers of

id not believe her or it was how exaggerated her story was. Dais

e it's her eyes or I'm hallucinating, but she

it was crazed and...hungry? I don't know" Sloane says rubbing

so many years without a pack, she is one step away fro

calmed down a bit, but now she is getting

Knock

ked up fro

za," she said casually, alr

something tigh

, did you?" I called over my shou

r, my hand hovered

knock

the pizza delivery guy. Sam does our secret knock for us to know

how to put my finger on it. I peek

y head, the bad vibe I've be

tall man, broad shoulders, dressed in all

Aura was of that of a trained do

shi

m and escape, unfortunately my

s strong as mine, but after weeks of suppressing

un before the door flew open with unnatural

turtle speed to me if I was a bit stronger

s from that spot as my

UN

ompanies a punch to shoulder. I bi

he after me. I have never seen him b

temples again, my knees buckle and the world tilts s

of the rain hitting my window and the echo of Sloane's v

a

oa

? Did they w

they h

hought before ever

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