Follow You Home

by Mark Edwards

Every dark space felt threatening, as if it contained and concealed something horrifying.

Camelia had been showing everything to the boys at school in exchange for cash since she was fourteen. She traded on her beauty—a slutty, obvious kind of beauty—and Alina was pretty sure the girl would either end up married to a millionaire or murdered in an alley. Her fate lay in the hands of men.

Beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror.

There is always a solution that can be found through logic and clear thought.

There is no great trick to getting people to believe a lie. You simply have to sound convincing.