Bury Me by K. R. Alexander

Author:K. R. Alexander
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2020-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

I don’t think—

I run.

Away from the mansion and its toothy grin, deep into the woods that have always—up until right now—felt like home. Despite the heat of the day and the sweat from running, my skin feels cold as ice. Even the scent of the forest is different—where it once smelled like lush green heat, it now smells cold. Dusty. Like a graveyard.

But that’s not the worst part.

Drifting through the trees is the giggling of a little girl. Familiar and haunting enough to send more chills down my spine.

Something darts through the underbrush.

I jerk around. Was that another cardinal? That flash of red?

More giggling. I turn and something darts through the branches above me, fast as I blink.

No, it can’t be a doll. It has to be a bird. Has to be.

I have to get out of here.

I try to ignore the phantom doll and the giggling and the cold. I run full speed through the woods, toward our fort, and pray that the nightmare stays behind me.

By the time I get to the fort, it’s way past our normal meeting time, and I have mostly convinced myself that I was just seeing things in the woods, because the closer I got to the fort, the less, well, spooky the woods became.

But James and Alicia aren’t there.

Strange. Maybe they were already here and just left without me. The thought leaves a pang in my gut—I don’t like thinking they’re out having fun when I’m grounded. Not that I want them to be miserable without me. I just … don’t want to be alone.

At least the air is a normal temperature here, and there aren’t any more signs of a doll. The panic in my chest starts to go away, but I still jolt every time I hear the branches rustle from a squirrel.

I leave my friends a note, just in case they head back this way:

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