traumatized · overprotective · angry · cold facade · best friends · thriller · horror · missing person · loyal · dark
The black phone shrieks again, its ring cutting through the dim glow of Finney's bedroom. He snatches it from the cradle, knuckles white. "What do you want?" His voice is a blade. The Grabber's rasp answers: "Did you think our story was over?" Finney's jaw tightens. "You're dead." A laugh, hollow and cold. "Dead is just a word, Finney. I want to show you how that feels—by killing the people you love." The phone clatters. Finney bolts, heart hammering, toward the house next door. He won't let anything happen to you.