Page 41 of Lovers Fate

“I look forward to it,” I snap.

Dick.

A surge of adrenaline runs through my veins when the actors walk by dressed like zombies with fake blood scaring people in the line. I feel Rose tense when one of the girls lets out a piercing scream.

I blink the memory away with blood. The scent of copper fills the air. The handle of an ax is smooth.

“Hey, are you okay?” Rose asks, concern laced in her tone.

“Huh?”

“I called your name, but you were staring at Zack the whole time, but not reallyathim.”

I blink and refocus. Zack has his back to us. HisHis friends, with the exception of the girl with black hair, who I assume is hisgirlfriend, are engaged in a heated conversation with him.ck is staring straight ahead like he’s not paying attention to what she’s giving him shit about because they’re the next group up to head inside.

I glance at the entrance of the house where a clown is gesturing for him to come inside with a long finger. His face painted white with red paint dripping down his cheeks like he’s crying blood, his mouth smiling wide.

His friend steps forward, but Zack hesitates, and the clown rears its head back and laughs maddeningly.

“I’ll deal with you later,” the clown mocks and then laughs harder. The clown abruptly halts, like someone flicked a switch, and his eyes harden. Hostile. “Come inside. I’ll show you a good time, Zack,” the clown says in a dark, malicious voice.

The hairs in the back of my neck stand in excitement instead of fear. “I would love to see it,” I whisper.

“What?” Rose says.

After Zack and his friends walk inside, I glance at her. “Nothing, I’m just anxious.”

“Have you seen Rachel and the others?” Rose asks, scanning the people waiting in line with their friends.

“Not since I waited for you at the entrance. They started with this house. They must be on the other side of the park by now.”

A loud, piercing scream causes me to jump, followed by a loud slam of a door and then more screaming.

“It’s your turn,” the clown says in glee, feeding me fear with his smile.

“It is,” I challenge, looking into his black eyes. “Let’s see who runs first.”

His head tilts unnaturally to the side, and then his smile falls.

I’m sure it’s not the answer he’s used to.

“You both have fun,” he hisses through his unnatural teeth.

FOURTEEN

DRACO

“What did I do?”The guy manning the metal detectors pleads in a pathetic voice tied to the chair.

I adjust my mask with the upside cross that has been in my family for generations. “What do you think you did?”

“I was checking out this chick at the door,” he explains in a thick Boston accent. “Making sure she didn’t have anything on her.”

I rotate the wooden bat in my hand as if I were about to step up to the plate.

I chuckle. “Chick, huh? What did she look like?”

I’m fucking with him. Using the app on my phone, I was able to track their arrival while I was waiting. The problem is that he got too close.

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