Kai didn't seem to feel anything strange at first. It was his home after all, so everything about the place should have felt normal, familiar even. But Theodore wasn't going to be fooled so easily.
There was something about the smile on that man's face—something that crawled straight into his bones and refused to leave. It sent a deadly chill down his spine. And it wasn't just him. Everyone around the place felt odd. Impossibly odd.
As young as he was, Theodore noticed it immediately. The way their eyes lingered too long, the way their movements were just a little too synchronized, too practiced. But his father refused to see it. He ignored the signs completely, brushing them aside like dust. And that statement—about hearing his mother—made Theodore shudder deeply.
It worried him more than he wanted to admit.
What was she doing right now? Was she alright? And why did they leave her all alone like that?
