VALERIA

My heart is in my throat. Or in my ears. I don’t even know now. I feel my heartbeat everywhere, and it’s still not loud enough to conquer the voice in my head that’s getting louder and louder with every step.

“Stay here. Don’t run.”

I’m not listening to it. I will never listen to it, in fact. Even though I’m breathing hard and sweating like crazy, I don’t dare stop running. Hell, I don’t even pause to look behind me and see what those red-eyed ...