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“Thank you I’ll let you know if I need anything” I srabbed the handle of my suitcase

“The suite is straight through those doors, past the pool, and to the right You can’t alow on the property”

Why wasn’t I shocked that King’s “bungaloas really a two-story beach house?

I nodded my thanks and headed outside toward the pool The resort was incredible I wondered if that hy King wanted to giveHis kingdom wasn’t all nasty heads in jars and evil trinkets

I followed the ay until it ended To the right was a two-story structure with a wraparound balcony overlooking a cliff and the ocean That had to be it

I walked up to the heavy wooden door where a plaque read, “The King Suite”

This guy… I shook my head, pushed the keycard into the slot, and froze Sohts circled the air around ry wolves out for the kill

My heart ju theBeyond the dra I heard nothing It was justdown on the beach soalow

“Hello? Is anyone there?” I said along with every woman about to die in every horror film created But I wasn’t so believed I didn’t need him to defend myself

Maybe he was right See who’s there See the threat, I toldmy mind into an enormous bubble and pushed it into the space around me

How the hell did I kno to do this? No one had taught me, but it felt like second nature

After a few ling, and I knew starving ood Not for the baby Not for me

I slipped inside the bungalow and locked the door The air around y i me feel safe

Bastard I hated his games This hy he’d put me up here The place arded No one could come inside and hurt ht even be able to practice ? Why not tell me?