Emma

Looking down at my bare feet, I realized I hadn’t taken the time to put on shoes or even socks. With my eyes wide open, I moved the direction I’d been taken each night, turning left from the door. A quick check over my shoulder confirmed that in the other direction, there was one door beyond mine on the other side of the hall. Beyond that, it dead-ended with a window, an unblocked window.

My fingers blanched as I gripped the square cap ...