Chapter 2

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Are monsters created, or are humans born monsters?

All my life, I've heard and seen things no one else can. No one knows. No one should; I learned that the hard way. Lately, the voices have worsened.

Join us. Join us. Join us.

"Shut up!" I screamed and ran, shaking my head frantically. 

A boy stared at me; pain filled his eyes and a silvery, ethereal glow bathed him in light, as he extended his hand to me. Faster. I sprinted harder. I turned a corner, and froze. No...please...no...


A wall of the dead stood before me. I screamed.

Join us. Join us. Join us. They chanted in my head; whispers in perfect unison. The mouths didn't move but I knew it was them. Join us. Join us. Join us.

I froze. Spinning, I saw they surrounded me; each filled with multiple wounds, in the fashion of how they died. I collapsed and blackness washed over me.

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