The Stranger Below

Astrid

Every hair on my body stands on end, a sheen of sweat forming on my otherwise freezing skin. My head swivels in the direction the voice has come from, but I can’t see anything at all, only darkness.

Did I imagine it? Perhaps my fear of being caught by one of the vampires is messing with my mind.

No, I definitely hadn’t imagined the voice that had greeted me as I’d slid into this confined sp