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Chapter 144

Chapter 144: Shaken Up Roomie

Clark POV:

What was it with these upperclassmen and their habit of staring like they wanted to eat me or recruit me into a cult?

I stepped back. Just once. Enough to put a breath of space between us.

"Which way to West Hall?" I asked, pointing down the twin hallways like a kid asking which door leads to safety and which to the trap.

He didn’t answer immediately.

Instead, he took a slow step forward, his shoes silent on the stone floor.

Then another.

Then he was close—closer than comfortable.

I didn’t realize I was holding my breath until he leaned down slightly, face inches from mine.

"Whichever way you walk..." he murmured, "you’ll still end up where the house wants you to go."

I blinked. "The house?"

He looked around, his expression shifting from mild amusement to something almost reverent. "Memoville. The school. This place... it listens. It chooses. You don’t find a room here. A room finds you."

Okay. That was enough.

The guy was clearly high or one of those creepy drama club types who never broke character.

I gave him a tight smile and started to edge around him. "Cool story, man. Appreciate the ominous vibes."

He didn’t stop me, but he did whisper one last thing as I passed:

"Try not to bleed, little lamb. They can smell it."

My feet froze for half a second before I forced myself to walk.

Walk.

Do not run.

You never run when the predator is still watching.

I picked the right hallway—at least, I think I did. The walls started to have signs again, and after what felt like an hour, I found a wooden door with West Hall Dormitory scrawled above it in gothic lettering.

That

pocket for the keycard, I couldn’t help but

Nothing. Just the hallway.

guy. No rush

Just silence.

made it to my dorm room without another incident, but something about the lock felt... strange. When I swiped the keycard, the red light blinked, then green. The click of the lock echoed

wardrobe. Everything was clean, untouched. But one bed was already made up. Neatly. Military style.

roommate had already

the looks of the bed... he

Creepy.

my bag on the other mattress, sat down, and let out a breath I didn’t

is going on in this

don’t blink, to students with glowing

like he’s auditioning for a villain

all too

Sara. I needed her voice, her

to hear Clare, even if she’d mock me

whatever I’d hacked into... hadn’t landed me in something way bigger than

toward

sun

turning

Like a warning.

Like blood in water.

in the walls, I could swear I heard something

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was still ongoing. They’d postponed the orientation until tomorrow morning, after everyone was registered and placed properly in

kept wandering. I should have been used to these kinds of spaces by now. New rooms, new faces,

the drawer, I heard it—a sharp knock at the door, followed

up...! Oh God—OH

thinking, I rushed to unlock the door. My fingers fumbled, my pulse picking up with the urgency in

was going on, the figure bolted inside, slamming the door behind him with a force that made the walls shake. I blinked, stunned, as the guy huddled against the door like it

was small—slightly shorter than me—and... too pretty for a guy. His features were delicate, almost feminine. He looked like someone who belonged on a runway, not in a dorm room. His pale skin shimmered under the fluorescent lights, and his eyes were wide—wide with terror. His breath was ragged, like he’d been running

sense that he didn’t quite fit in here. It was the way his body shook, trembled with fear.

stumbled across the room—one on his shirt collar, the other just beneath his shoulder. It was fresh blood. Dark. How had he gotten blood on him in the first

twisted. Was this guy in trouble? Was he attacked? Or

to ask, but he didn’t give me the chance. Without a word, he crawled onto the made-up bed across from mine, his body curling into itself. He looked like a child, hiding from the

hell had

what to do. Should I help him? Call someone? I didn’t know if he was in trouble or

asked, my voice quieter

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