Chapter 15. Shadows

It was past midnight, and my house was completely silent. Everyone was asleep.

Everyone except me.

I was lying wide-eyed in my bed, covers pulled up to my chin, and terrified out of my mind, all because I had decided to watch some stupid horror movie. It wasn’t even that good, just insanely scary.

It didn’t help that it was taking Ace longer to arrive than he’d said it would. During my time waiting for him, I made the horrible decision to finish the final bit of my movie. Spoiler alert: they all died!

To try to take my mind off it, I completed my homework, frosted the cupcakes I made with my mom, and got ready for bed.

I turned on the lamp on my bedside table and grabbed my phone. It’s 12:38 a.m.?

Where the hell is Ace? His plane should have landed hours ago.

The vent in my room made a loud whirring noise when the air conditioning turned on, and I violently jumped under the covers of my bed.

I groaned. Okay, now I was teetering on the