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"Iᴛ's ᴏɴʟʏ ᴀɴ ᴇᴄʜᴏ. Iᴛ ᴄᴀɴᴛ ʜᴜʀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ" ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴ ᴡᴀs ᴡʜɪsᴋᴇᴅ ᴀᴡᴀʏ, ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴᴋɴᴏᴡɴ Tʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ sᴄʀᴇᴀᴍᴇᴅ. "AARON, AARON WHERE ARE YOU??" //I ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴛʜɪs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀɢᴏ.ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴛʟᴇ ɪᴅᴇᴀ ɪsɴᴛ ᴍɪɴᴇ

Isn't it funny how life changes? Our child curiosities and interests turn into our fears as adults. Guns are fun for kids but when you're a soldier standing in the face of real danger, it all changes. *A VERY SHORT STORY*

A short horror story. WARNING: This work contains mention of a medical procedure, gore, car accidents, and other disturbing imagery.

Going through my pictures, I went to the one that I had just taken, and the phone slowly slipped out of my grasp. What had escaped my notice before is that the couch I had taken the picture on was against a window, which showed the backyard of the house. But in this picture, it wasn't an empty backyard. No, behind my smiling face was another one, outside the window. It was his face. Covered with a black ski mask, watching me. *** All 19-year-old Layna wanted to do was forget about the guy that broke her heart, and move on with her new boyfriend Brian. But instead, she unwittingly attracted the attention of a stalker. Someone who had been watching her every move for a month, plotting and planning for the perfect moment when he could take her. What Layna never would have expected was that when he finally kidnaps her, she would have to undergo "The Test". The Test that the girls before her had gone through. The one they failed, and payed heavily for. Will she pass The Test or will she die like the others?

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