Victoria's POV
"You’re new here?" he asked.
I nodded.
"Figured as much," he said, eyeing me knowingly. "You know, you only survive here if you follow the rules."
That was new. "What f*****g rules? Nobody tells me s**t here, and so far, all I’ve seen is horror after horror."
He just smiled, a humorless smirk. "Well, there aren’t any official rules, per se, so I made my own."
I leaned in as he began listing them off.
"One: Act like nothing is weird, no matter what you see."
Great. That was already proving impossible.
"Two: Do whatever you’re told because they love tormenting stubborn ones."
"Then why do they still torment Susan?" I cut him off, my voice sharper than I intended. "She does everything they tell her to do."
He tilted his head. "Is she always scared and terrified?"
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