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"What happened?"

He was panting His hair was disheveled and his arms were covered with scratches

"I have no idea I ran to the source of the noise, or at least where I thought the source was I couldn’t see anyone I even shouted out Nobody replied"

I shuddered

Perhaps we’re not as alone as we thought

Chapter 11: Rose

Those screa in my ears, I was too scared to fall asleep I drifted in and out of consciousness throughout the night, tossing and turning inhours approached, I rolled back onto my stomach and looked down I was surprised to see Caleb’s bed eo for a walk I looked past Caleb’s platforhtly open as her chest heaved gently

IAnnora had tried to burn me alive, there were still a few lessons I needed to teach her Swinging s off my bed, I lowered myself onto the branch below as quietly as I could

I scanned the branches surroundingthat could assist me in my endeavor There were a few more empty nests nearby that probably contained more muck, but she needed a worse surprise noas about to start clile belohen I wasmy skin A red spider the size of my hand swayed on a branch about four feet away froht

Now I needed to figure out how to get it off the branch without it biting me I leaned forward and reached out to see how easily broken the spider’s branch was It wasn’t thick and wouldn’t be hard to snap I just had toto its death… or onto usted I was I’d never seen such a vile spider Its red body was covered with patches of brown fur, and its pincers looked long enough--perhaps even sharp enough--to be nail clippers

As I was seconds froht red color led h it was no ti moral quandaries, I couldn’t help but think that my mother wouldn’t have approved of this

What if its venom is deadly? Do I really want to become a murderer?