Near the Bone

marks at her throat.
“Miss? Are you all right?” he said, hurrying around the desk.
“Yes,” she said. “But my friend needs a doctor.”
My friend, she thought. I have a friend. And somewhere, I have a sister. I’m not alone.
“Please,” she said. “Please help him.”
“We’ll help him, don’t worry,” he said. He lifted a radio to his mouth and said several things that Mattie didn’t really pay attention to. “What’s your name?”
She took a deep breath, felt the years fall away.
“Samantha. My name is Samantha.”

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Christina Henry is a horror and dark fantasy author whose works include The Ghost Tree, Looking Glass, The Girl in Red, The Mermaid, Lost Boy, Alice, Red Queen and the seven-book urban fantasy Black Wings series.
She enjoys running long distances, reading anything she can get her hands on and watching movies with samurai, zombies and/or subtitles in her spare time. She lives in Chicago with her husband and son.
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