‘So, what’s next darling?’

‘The news we’ve been waiting for…’

'Then, without warning, Harry let out a noise that sent all the hairs on the back of Stella’s neck bolt upright…. It started as an ordinary laugh, but as it went on, it twisted and cracked around the walls of the library into something uglier.

Something spiky and shrill.

‘Stella drew back. Harry writhed. Eyes glinting. Those lips that she had once admired, now curled back to reveal shards of white glass poking from his wet gums.

Although she was terrified, there was still something strangely alluring about Harry. She was pressed up so hard against the library door that handle was bruising into her side, yet she felt this undeniable pull towards him.

Perhaps, Stella thought, this was why she'd found herself here in the first place...'