Chapter 26

The Prey

My stomach lurched bile rising in my throat again as I emptied the contents in the toilet.

I shut my eyes tightly as I tried to brush away the sight of those lifeless eyes, the paleness of the skin, the blood matted in the hair—it was a grotesque vision straight out of a nightmare.

I tried to swallow but the lump of fear was trapped in my throat choked by terror making my body paralysed.

I could still see the horrified face twisted in a final expression of fear as if the person had met their end in sheer agony. The bad, I didn’t want to think who it was. The worst, why would anyone send me… this?

I didn’t know how or when I made it to the room and locked myself in the bathroom. I couldn’t look at them anymore. My scream woke up the dorm and soon the guards were there followed by several students, and to my horror, none of them could offer me any comfort. The horror on their faces mirrored mine, but it couldn’t compare to what I