Don’t Go

Victor

I tossed the note into the fireplace on my way upstairs, watching it curl and blacken before the flames devoured it. I couldn’t risk Hazel seeing it. Not when I was already treading on ice with her.

Each step up the staircase felt heavier than the last, dread clinging to me like a second skin. The house was suddenly quiet. Too quiet. I should’ve been relieved that Logan was gone, that he ha