Dark End

Elena heard it like a whisper in a dream—faint at first, then sharper. A scream.

Her eyes blinked open slowly, the weight of sleep still heavy on her lids. Confusion fogged her brain as the scream came again, louder, panicked, close. A woman. Then a crash.

She sat up, heart leaping to her throat. Her door burst open with a loud bang.

She wasn't dreaming.

She let out a scream…

Before she could even