Cirque Berserk

by Jessica Guess

their names. “I can’t find anything about the teenagers. Why’d they go on a killing spree?” “Does anyone need a reason nowadays?”

Teens have been going nuts and wreaking havoc since the dawn of

“It probably feels…warm. Like a perfect day at the beach.” Rochelle closed her eyes, tilted her head back, and smiled. “Or maybe it feels like a tornado. Fast and confusing and so strong that you’re sure you’ll die. Or maybe it’s a combination of them both. Maybe it makes your head spin with how strong it is, but without it, you feel… empty.” She opened her eyes and looked at him again, the warmth that had just enveloped her completely gone. “Whatever it is, I don’t feel that for you. I never will.”

Beware the Cirque on Solstice Night Nine souls are needed for sacrifice Behind these gates lay dread and fear Doomed are those who enter here.

“They take criminals, but they don’t take girls.”

“You thought you deserved me. A person isn’t something you deserve. That’s just what guys tell themselves when they think they’re doing something to earn a girl’s attention but getting nowhere.”