AUTHOR’S POV

The dorm room was unusually calm at this time of night.

Serenity lay sprawled across her bed with a sheet mask over her face and her favorite series playing softly from the television.

The lights were switched off, and the entire room already had that night time hush, the kind that came after that eleven o’ clock mark when most girls were already asleep or whispering behind closed doors.

Serenity was mid-scroll on her phone when she heard a soft but distinct knock.

She ...