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smile in the mirror, the colde

his eyes locked on the mirror. The little girl couldn't have been more than seven or eight, with golden curls and a deathly pale face, wearing a spotless white dress, holding a r

rectly in front of the mirror

unior's voice cracked with a sob, his fingers twist

vanished in an instant. When the light faded, the mirror only showed their own re

hook, and she stepped back, pre

from the journal screaming in his head: I

ked, his voice sharp and urgent. "Don't stare at it

ng their eyes shut. Junior clapped both hands over his f

he stairs. "Goddammit, you pussies. A beat

clearly drawn by the screaming. When he saw the massive mirror,

here. It was messed up," Tucker sai

very brutal thing imaginable, and he didn't believe in ghosts. He stared at the mirror, his eyes

lid wood chair over his head, and

unging to stop him,

g crash sp

assive mirror shattered into a thousand sha

a high, cold, childish lau

Then, in every single shard of glass scattered across the floor, the little girl in the white dress a

i's stomac

closest to the broken glass,

t, clamping down hard on his ankle. Then another, and another-dozens of tiny hands burst from the sh

ger at the hands, but the blade sliced r

r screamed, his eyes wide wi

, and he lunged to hel

had no bones, squeezing through the thin sheet of glass, her white dress stained with black, dried blood,

r, lifting a tiny hand, and pre

ream cut of

sinking deep into his skull, every drop of blood and flesh sucked out of him in the span of three seconds. The

the 5 credits on his screen split aut

turning her empty gaze to the rest o

LOSE YOUR EYES NOW!" Eli yell

s hurt. Kane and Rex, broken by what they'd just seen, did the same,

ent, save for their rag

ir right, then right behind their necks. Icy breath brushed against their skin, like someone

mind

ntil he looked right at her. She hadn't attacked until they made eye contact. She'd killed Tucker only after he'd stared at

relied on

ed eyes with you through the mirror. If you didn't look at

The spirit's attack rule is eye contact! As long as we keep our eyes closed,

arp and furious, echoing wildly through the foyer. The icy cold in

l holding their eyes shut, frozen in place, terrified

the icy cold in the room slowly lifted. The foy

, he spoke in a low, tight voice. "I'm gonna count to three. We open our e

their eyes, sl

shattered glass across the floor, and Tucker's desiccate

ith the terror of someone who'd just barely escaped death. Kane leaned against the wall, his

hick with leftover terror. "If you hadn't fi

He knew this was only the beginning. There wa

heard heavy foots

thud..

unbelievably heavy was walking down toward them. The sound grew closer, t

their breath, and snapped their h

upils b

ried blood, and in his hand he gripped a massive axe, its blade glinting with cold steel and slick with fresh blood and bits of flesh. His face