Masked Menace

After weeks of flirtatious banter, a masked stranger from tiktok convinces one of his followers to let him chase her in the dark. To hunt her down and take what he wants. Determined to live up to her secret desires, he brings a friend. Now there's two of them. What happens when fantasy meets reality?

Exerpt
"When's the last time you felt truly scared?"

He's right. Horror movies and roller coasters don't count. That is controlled fear. It's not real.

"I could scare you," he says.

My breath catches in my throat, voice coming out husky, barely a whisper.

"Yeah?"

"I want to," he says. "I want to feel the charge in the air as I chase you through the dark. Feel your heart racing when I catch you."

My mouth goes dry, pulse fluttering.

"Would you struggle?"

"Do you want me to?"

'I don't know," he says. "Maybe."

"How would you know I still want it, if I'm struggling?"

"You could have a safe word. Maybe Halloween."

He laughs, the sound thick and warm, like caramel.

"How do I know you'd honor it? We aren't in a relationship. We haven't established that kind of trust."

It seems like a good question, until he answers me.

"You don't."