EVERY WOMAN RAN FROM THE MAFIA BOSS’S LOCKED EAST WING… UNTIL THE NEW MAID LOOKED AT THE BEAST BESIDE HIS BED AND SPOKE ITS REAL NAME

the last twenty feet.

The east-wing door was reinforced oak wrapped around steel. She set the tray down. From inside came nothing at all.

That was worse.

By midnight the noises started. A crash. Something dragged. A deep, horrible growl that lifted the tiny hairs along Sarah’s arms. Then silence again.

At 2:17 in the morning, she woke to a different sound.continue reading …