100 Word Challenge – January 13

Everything stopped, and the silence was deafening. He was lost in the old museum, surrounded by priceless artifacts and disintegrating skeletons. There wasn’t a single sound, not even the chirping of the midnight crickets from the open window. 

He knew she was there, waiting for him to creep out from behind the stone pillar. He didn’t want to lose, to disappear, but that seemed to be the only option. 

“You can do this. It won’t hurt. You know that.” he told himself, but he wasn’t sure he actually believed it. Sweat dripped from his face as he stepped out anyway.

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