“I can’t even believe I’m saying this out loud. It’s a monster. Mindless and ruled by bloodlust. But I can’t stop seeing its eye. Hearing those clicks. What if…” There was a sinking feeling in my stomach. The feeling that I was about to admit something I’d been pondering for hours. And if I was being honest with myself, something I’d feared for longer. “What if it’s me?” Ransom’s eyes dropped to the boards beneath his boots. He did that at times, looked to the ground when he was hiding something. If I had noticed that small tell weeks ago, it probably would have saved my heart a mountain of
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