*Salvatore*

They were watching me.

Like flies in the walls and whispers in the trees, I could feel their gazes every time I stepped outside of this goddamn house. You didn’t get to be my age without learning to trust your instincts, and my instincts were all but screaming at me to run.

I didn’t know who, didn’t know where, but I knew they were watching.

I slowly walked up my driveway, keeping my eyes in front of me and not giving a single ...