I probably should have stayed in bed.

That thought came to me later… much later… but it started as a small itch in the back of my mind the moment I stepped out of the resort that night. The moon hung high above the rooftops, a bright, indifferent eye watching me slip through the back hallway like some guilty teenager sneaking out after curfew.

I kept telling myself I wasn’t doing anything reckless. Just… curious. Watching Karen all day with that tight, strange expression, the way ...