Chapter 7 Chapter 7

CLEO’S POV; [10 years ago]

Step on the grain, not the center.

​The wooden floorboard beneath my bare eight-year-old foot gave a tiny, silent bend. I waited. Three heartbeats. No sound from the back room.

*​I dragged my left foot forward, avoiding the rusted nail head sticking out near the d...

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