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I cried out as the pain sliced into me. I staggered back and covered my neck with my hand as the pain spread instantly, followed by a strange feeling. A feeling I couldn’t describe. Warmth and... something else. Alarm bells were ringing in my mind. I heard the door slide shut behind him. I saw the glee in his eyes. I saw the blood trickle further down the side of his face.
I instinctively pulled my hand away to look at it and there was a small amount of blood on my palm. I looked up at him, dumbfounded. Did he stab me? Was I going to bleed to death right here in front of him? Then everything kind of went in slow motion.
A sneer crept across his lips as the feeling spread all over my body and down to my toes. My jaw worked, but no words came out. All I could do was stand and stare.
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