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The Weeknd—After Hours

Billie Eillish—everything I wanted

MGK—Bloody Valentine

RECAP

(PERICULUM FINAL CHAPTER)

The moment we stepped outside, Kyrous kissed the back of Gracelyn’s hand, which was odd to ive off that kind of sweet vibe at all

And then he took off He went right e needed to go straight

Like the ht behind us

Literally

There was a s

“Where are you going?” Selena yelled after him

He didn’t answer, continuing without a backyard glance

“He’s going to find his brother,” Gracelyn replied softly

“Poor bub,” Selenaaway tears

I frowned, watching his for behind it, but I thought Kyrous was smarter than this

It was a suicide ht We were so close to the end All we needed to do was et to thethere, but at least we’d be going to greet it

“Are either of you going to go after him?”

“He wouldn’t have wanted us to,” Maverick replied

“And I’ after his friend, his face clear of any emotion

“I’m probably safer without you,” I mumbled

“Yeah? You’re also dead” He grabbedthe others to follow

He hadn’t leftaround He’d basically beennow that I kneho he was

He gave hi near me

We stepped through a s but stone As the girls and Maverick followed, I looked around, taking note of the minor details

There were no s, and the only light came from dimly lit wall sconces It was cool here, too

Straight ahead was another narrow doorway, beyond it an inky darkness, the kind no one in their right nant smell emanated from within it

“Look at the floor” Mel pointed down at a large mural someone had painted

“It’s like the ie from the Visitor’s Center,” Selena said

I had forgotten about that, but she was right Only now, I noticed the de irl Ciaran set his eyes on the next riddle and wandered over to it, keeping hold of my hand

“You’ve been trapped in a ht my eye

Find your way out before you’re trapped for good

Mystery, mayhem, darkness

The Devil lurks on the other side,” Ciaran read

“I think this is the most ominous one we’ve seen,” I mused

“Maybe, but we can do this,” Mel avowed “We’re not going to die here”

She sounded so confident, a complete flip from the pessimist she tended to be

I s for her hand “It’s dark in there Let’s for into”

We moved into a formation of sorts

I stayed with Ciaran, holding onto Mel noell Gracelyn and Selena followed, leaving Maverick at the end of our line

Entering the darkness, I don’t think any of us knehat to expect My eyes strained to adjust as the light fell away, but there was nothing to see but black The walls were still stone, covered in what felt like ainst one

There was a s from Ciaran

“Watch your step” He stopped, helping me down

“Ugh,” I muttered when I reached the bottom

Cold water wicked intomy socks and the bottom of my sweatpants

The stench of it was potent, rip on Ciaran’s hand and Mel’s,sure she didn’t fall

We began toour huot separated or lost The passageways seemed endless The only e knew to turn e had no other choice, when the walls curved and ht or left Every so often, there was definitive grinding noise

The first ti to happen—nothing did