Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Once she left the suburbs behind, Alicia had to resort to the city sidewalks which didn’t settle well with her. She kept up a steady running pace toward Night Light needing to get away as quick as possible. She knew this would probably hurt everyone especially Micah… but she couldn’t stay and see the look on their faces when they realized what she was becoming.

Voices up ahead made her slide to a stop, the soles of her sneakers squeaking a bit on the concrete. She looked around frantically before ducking into the shadows of a nearby building. Alicia pushed herself back into the darkness just as she saw Zachary coming down the street with a blonde-haired woman. She held her breath as they walked by on the opposite side of the street talking amongst themselves.

“Well, well, what do we have here?” a voice suddenly whispered right next to her ear.

Alicia gasped and spun around in shock and surprise. She’d been so focused on staying out of sight that she hadn’t fe