#Chapter 23 Monster

#Chapter 23: Monster

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Nina’s eyes widened when I finally told her the truth.

“No,” she said, pacing back and forth and rubbing her head. “This isn’t real. Werewolves aren’t real. Talking

skeletons are not real!”

I sighed and stood, walking over to her.

“Look,” I said, pulling aside the torn fabric of my jeans to show her my wound. It was already healing. The torn flesh from the skeleton’s attack was rejoining without leaving so much as a scar. Even the blood disappeared.

When Nina saw my leg heal, she stumbled backwards into the wall, her chest heaving as she breathed heavily.

“I have to be dreaming,” she said. I watched quietly as she pinched her arm to try and wake herself up.

#Chapter 23 Monster

“This is real, Nina,” I said. “You’re awake.”

“Well then, I must be going insane,” she said as a tear rolled down her cheek.

I walked toward Nina and took her by

to

the eyes.

my chest, right over my heart so she could feel my heartbeat. She let her hand linger there

you, because someone —

She shuddered again, but didn’t say anything

her, she

room.

of us,”

know,” I replied out

human, after all.”

long before he reanimated again. Some witch must have put a spell on this skeleton, but

saw Nina’s phone on the floor, its screen cracked now. “Shit…” I whispered, stooping to pick it up.

from the broken phone, the skeleton was starting to twitch again. I stormed over to it and grabbed it off the stand, pinning it,

one of the

you, and

the bewitched

chuckled.

me,”

tightening my grip around the skeleton’s throat.” What would an undead like yourself want

of it. With my hand still on its neck, I reached over to a table next to me

bone saw so the skeleton

with?” I said, gliding it along the skeleton’s ribs. ” Your arm? Or

start with a leg.”

stronger. Skeletons were the lowest form of the undead; without muscle or flesh, they were incredibly weak compared to

some would argue that vampires were more cursed than

start with a leg,” I said, lowering the bone saw to the skeleton’s femur.

skeleton cried out. “I swear no one sent me. I was attracted

away from the skeleton’s leg and

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