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Reaching down, I pulled the needle out, crying out loudly as it ripped my flesh and a stream of blood trickled down my arm

“No! Fuck! Wait Calm down It’s… it’s okay” The man attempted to soothe me with his deep voice

I did not recognize him from commune, but he was a disciple, I had no doubt This meant I had to leave I realized Gabriel must have tracked me down after all This man was my captor I was about to be punished

Scanning the room, I spotted a door behind me to my left An exit The man moved forward two steps, his words slower and clearer this time

“Please I won’t hurt you”

I cocked entle, but I knew it h his hair and rolled up the sleeves of his black shirt, large, bulging forearms on display

I stu the hard wall His arms His arms carried the picture of the devil I stared I could not stop staring as my body seized in fear He looked down to see what had me so scared

His bright-brown eyes widened as they focused back on me “No, fk! It’s not what you think Don’t be scared of me”

A lifelong teaching set off an alar Evil will catch you Evil will destroy your very soul

Atteish Too tired to function, , taking advantage of the fact that he was on the other side of the large bed

“No! Wait! Ah, shit!”

I did not I continued forward Gripping the handle, I pushed through on unsure feet, sla path of a dark, narrow corridor beca the wall to keep ht

I could hear people at the end of the corridor and I glanced over h the bedroo at me to stop His whole frame appeared to fill the hallway His face was intent and he was scaring me now The way he stalked me unsettled my nerves

I tried to run even harder, but my injured calf protested with each step I made

A large steel door separated me from voices of people—people who could perhaps help, or maybe not I did not know, but it washandle with all s had finally given out, , and an intense dizziness took hold