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  1. PREFACE
  2. Full Page Image
  3. ONE
  4. TWO
  5. One week ago
  6. THREE
  7. Present day
  8. FOUR
  9. FIVE
  10. SIX
  11. SEVEN
  12. EIGHT
  13. NINE
  14. TEN
  15. ELEVEN
  16. TWELVE
  17. THIRTEEN
  18. FOURTEEN
  19. FIFTEEN
  20. SIXTEEN
  21. SEVENTEEN
  22. EIGHTEEN
  23. NINETEEN
  24. TWENTY
  25. TWENTY-ONE
  26. TWENTY-TWO
  27. TWENTY-THREE
  28. TWENTY-FOUR
  29. TWENTY-FIVE
  30. TWENTY-SIX
  31. TWENTY-SEVEN
  32. TWENTY-EIGHT
  33. TWENTY-NINE
  34. THIRTY
  35. THIRTY-ONE
  36. THIRTY-TWO
  37. THIRTY-THREE
  38. THIRTY-FOUR
  39. THIRTY-FIVE
  40. THIRTY-SIX
  41. THIRTY-SEVEN
  42. THIRTY-EIGHT
  43. THIRTY-NINE
  44. FORTY
  45. FORTY-ONE
  46. FORTY-TWO
  47. FORTY-THREE
  48. FORTY-FOUR
  49. FORTY-FIVE
  50. FORTY-SIX
  51. FORTY-SEVEN
  52. FORTY-EIGHT
  53. FORTY-NINE
  54. FIFTY
  55. FIFTY-ONE
  56. FIFTY-TWO
  57. FIFTY-THREE
  58. FIFTY-FOUR
  59. FIFTY-FIVE
  60. FIFTY-SIX
  61. FIFTY-SEVEN
  62. FIFTY-EIGHT
  63. FIFTY-NINE
  64. SIXTY
  65. SIXTY-ONE
  66. SIXTY-TWO

Shaking my head, I continue walking, ignoring all the other cute costumes around me—even the purple ones. There's a small corridor in the back, which is eerily empty. The restrooms are on one side, but the corridor extends farther. Assuming that the emergency exit should be located at the end of the hallway, I venture deeper.

I walk for a few meters before I realize that the lights have gone out.

A sliver of fear goes down my back.

Well, damn. If I go back, I'm going to get killed for my organs, but if I go farther, I may get killed for a different matter altogether.

For a moment, I falter, stranded in the darkness. I sway lightly on my feet, a little dizzy—not sure if from fear or from the alcohol. Damn it, I shouldn't have had three cocktails either. Who knows what they put in them...

Squeezing my eyes shut, I decide to take my chances with what I may find at the end of the corridor. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to find an exit.

As I walk farther, the music becomes only a soft ringing in my ear as silence slowly envelops the hallway. Everything is so dark, I can't even see where I'm walking.

"Luce?" An echo travels down the corridor and I stop, slowly turning back as all the hairs on my body stand up. The same voice calls my name again, and pure terror grips me as I make to run.

But I barely take another step before I bump into someone.

"Ah!" I scream, reeling backward and falling down. "Don't hurt me," I whimper, squeezing my eyes shut and defending my face with my right arm while my left one hangs limply to the ground.

SIX

A spark of light erupts in the darkness, slowly illuminating the entire hallway.

"This area is off-limits," a harsh voice says.

I squint my eyes as I try to make out the figure in front of me.

The color of his eyes is the first thing I notice—a deep swirling amber. I blink, unsure I'm seeing it right, and the next time I look at him, his eyes are just a regular warm brown. He straightens his back as he regards me skeptically, rising to his full height and towering over me. Good grief, how tall is this man? He must be well over two meters—that makes him over sixty centimeters taller than my slight frame.

"I-I'm sorry?" I whisper, forcing a smile. With that size, he could crush me with one hand. It's better to get on his good side.

"You need to leave. Now," he orders as he takes a step closer.

I instinctively back away. Right, so my options now are between being harvested for my organs and being murdered by this giant.

"I—" I wet my lips as my brain tries to find a proper explanation.