THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE SECOND DEATH Wednesday, October 18th – 6:45 AM The darkness swallowed her. Not the darkness of a room without light. The darkness of a room that had become something else entirely. The walls were no longer plaster. They were flesh. Pulsing. Breathing. Alive. Sloane pressed her hand against the … Read more
Buried During Snowfall – Chapter 18 The First Body Beneath Blackwater The underground structure groaned around them like something alive beneath pressure. Water spiraled downward through broken corridors toward the newly opened depths below the lake while freezing wind roared upward from beneath the facility. It carried a smell older than decay. Not rot. Age. … Read more
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE NAME Wednesday, October 18th – 6:15 AM The warmth spread through Sloane’s body like water seeping through cracks in a dam. It started in her chest, a low heat that pulsed in time with her heartbeat, and then radiated outward—through her shoulders, down her arms, into her fingers. The … Read more
Buried During Snowfall – Chapter 17 The Door Beneath the Lake The chamber began dying around them. Steel beams screamed under pressure while freezing black water tore through collapsing corridors with enough force to rip restraint beds from the floor. Emergency lights burst one after another, plunging sections of the underground facility into darkness. Still … Read more
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE WATCHER Wednesday, October 18th – 5:30 AM The attic was cold, but Sloane was not shivering from the temperature. She sat on the floor, her back against a stack of boxes, the wooden box containing Marian Cross’s photograph in her lap. Her mother knelt across from her, her face … Read more
Buried During Snowfall – Chapter 16 Which One Survives Mara’s boots scraped violently against the flooded concrete floor while the second Adrian held her suspended one-handed against the pillar. Her face had already begun turning red beneath his grip. Adrian moved instinctively. Not thinking. Pure reaction. He grabbed a rusted metal tray floating nearby and … Read more
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE JOURNAL Wednesday, October 18th – 4:45 AM Sloane did not stop running until she reached her car. The parking lot was nearly empty at this hour, just a few vehicles huddled under the pale glow of the security lights. Her own car — a gray sedan that had seen … Read more
Buried During Snowfall – Chapter 15 The Second Adrian Adrian couldn’t breathe. The freezing water around him rose steadily toward his waist while memories tore through his skull in violent uncontrollable flashes. Not fragments anymore. Truth. Pure unbearable truth. Blood sprayed across underground walls. Doctors screaming. Children escaping containment rooms. Him standing in the middle … Read more
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE FIRST PATIENT Wednesday, October 18th – 3:12 AM The key was warm in Sloane’s palm. She had not let go of it since she found it beneath the pillow. The metal seemed to pulse against her skin, a slow, steady rhythm that matched her heartbeat, or perhaps the heartbeat … Read more
Buried During Snowfall – Chapter 14 The Collapse The underground chamber exploded into chaos. Blackwater surged through the fractured wall in violent waves, smashing equipment aside and flooding the concrete floor within seconds. Red emergency lights reflected off freezing water while alarms screamed throughout the facility beneath the lake. The subjects began laughing. Not panicking. … Read more
