The Horror Emporium by Knight K. A. & Woods Poppy & Moreno Kendra

Author:Knight, K. A. & Woods, Poppy & Moreno, Kendra [Knight, K. A. & Woods, Poppy & Moreno, Kendra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Anthologies
Amazon: B07YF1PG9Z
Goodreads: 49909054
Published: 2019-10-22T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

We split up, each taking a section of the room. Kadian and Lucien work to pry open the area where the machine came from, hoping it leads to a crawl space or an opening we can get through. I start near the toilet, almost gipping as I look down, searching for any hints of light. I would crawl through shit to get out, but it looks like it’s just a closed hole.

Valerie is working along the other wall, trying to see if there are any loose bricks or anything she can use. I check the stairs first, tugging on creaking wooden boards before trying the door again. When it doesn’t budge, I take the other wall, giving Dorris’s body a wide berth as I search the wall with one hand from ceiling to floor, breaking my nails in the cracks as I try to pry them open as well.

“Come on, you bastard,” I growl. He has to get in here somewhere, but how?

I look back to see Kadian and Lucien trying the ceiling, so I step to the next wall and try that as well. When I can’t find anything, I grunt and look around again, trying to see the room in a new light. With nothing else to try, I go to the door again, crouching down as I try to pick the lock.

I freeze when a shadow moves at the bottom of the door, the light that was shining there before blocked. As if in slow motion I drop my fingers and look, pressing my eye to the keyhole, covering my mouth and my scream when I spot the body on the other side of the door.

A man, the man that took us. Slowing my breathing, I listen hard and hear the whistle of his breath. Staring through the hole, I can’t seem to look away until he crouches down and spies me through the hole.

“Boo,” he whispers, and I fall back away with a gasp, tripping on the top steps and tumbling down the stairs until I land heavily on my bad arm at the bottom and smack my head, a scream escaping my chapped lips.

The others rush to my side as I stare up at the door, all of them trying to get my attention and asking what happened. Lucien is checking me over, prodding at my sore head and making me wince. I swallow hard and finally calm myself enough to answer them.

“I’m, okay, I’m okay, he was there, at the door,” I whisper, and we all turn, silent now, and stare at the door with fear written on all of our faces. One man, he’s one lone man, yet we are all shaking from terror.

We wait there, but he doesn’t open the door or do anything else, so they help me to my feet and guide me away from the floor.

“Let’s stay away from there for now,” Kadian suggests as he helps me lean against the wall.

“Thank you,” I tell them, as they go back to searching.

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