Run

"How can you tell if you're someone's prey?"

My eyes stayed locked on his, looking for any breaks in character or little tells that might give him away. His face gave away nothing, remaining as glacial and unaffected as ever, and his body didn't stray from it's impassive, confident state. But for a sliver of a second, something appeared in his eyes that contradicted everything else. It was there and gone so quickly I almost missed it, but there was no denying it. It was there, like I knew it would be. That predatory hunger. That playful cruelty. Teasing. Relentless. Animalistic. His eyes darkened and smile slowly curled across his lips, splitting his face and scaring the hell out of me at the same time.

"Trust me," he said, voice deeper than any ocean and smoother that any silk, "You'll know."

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Demetria Pierce is, according to her, your average seventeen year old with above average grades and below average looks. Her parents have recently split up and until her dad can get his shit together, she's staying with her mum in their new house in some tiny off-the-grid town with a very small population and a very big forest surrounding it in about every direction.

Vesper Lupei is, according to everyone, a scary hot weirdo who lives in the forest. Nobody has ever seen his parents. Rumour has it that neither has he. And for some unknown reason, he can't keep his eyes off Demetria.

When Demetria starts to have strange dreams about Vesper and the forest, people at her new school go missing. And she can't shake the feeling that she could be next.