Women In Horror Month - S. K. Gregory

Excerpt From Territory of Lost Souls 
Chills & Thrills Volume 1

Alice glanced at Cain, was it him? But how would he have gotten back here so fast and where did he stash the costume?
“Yeah, it must have run off. So why were you going to visit your aunt?” Alice asked.
“She’s…sick. I am just going to visit her and help out until she’s better.”
Alice recognized a lie when she heard one.
“What about you? Are you visiting someone?” he asked.
“Yeah, I’m going to see my mom.”
He nodded. “And yet we both ended up here. It’s kind of a creepy name for the place, don’t you think?”
“What name?” Alice asked.
“It was on the sign outside. Didn’t you see it?”
Alice shook her head, she hadn’t noticed a sign.
“It said, ‘Territory of Lost Souls.’”
A chill ran down Alice’s spine.
“What? No, it didn’t. You’re making that up.”
“I’m not I swear. Look.”
He checked around the floor and discovered a ticket stub. He handed it to her.
Printed on it was: Territory of Lost Souls. Come to visit, stay to die.
Alice threw the ticket stub down and backed away like it had bitten her.
“What the hell is this? Who are you really?” she snapped.
A slow grin spread over his face. “I thought I would have to keep this ruse up all night, but it’s easier to get to the point. This place is where people who are lost come. Me, for example. I ran away from my foster home after I pushed my foster father down the stairs. I got on a train and ended up here.”
Alice looked around for something she could use as a weapon. This boy was crazy.
“I’m not crazy, Alice.”
“How do you know my name?”
“I know everything about you. I know why you’re here.”
“You know nothing.”
“You had a fight with your dad. He’s been getting more and more controlling lately. He locked you in your room and refused to let you out. When he brought you some dinner, you hit him in the head with a lamp and ran.”
Hearing someone else say it, made what she had done sound even worse. But what choice did she have? He wasn’t going to let her out. He had been holding her prisoner.
“Why am I here?”
“Because we want to offer you a choice. You can leave here with no money, no food and nowhere to go. Either the cops will pick you up and take you home or you’ll end up in a gutter somewhere. Or you can stay here with us.”
“Us?”
He nodded to someone behind her. Alice turned to see the white rabbit, towering over her with red eyes and fangs. The little girl stood beside the rabbit, holding his hand.

USA Today Bestselling Author S. K. Gregory writes urban fantasy, paranormal romance and horror stories. Rarely seen without a pen in her hand, she loves writing about supernatural worlds and the creatures that live within them.
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