[ RF ] [ TT ] [ CW ] Scare me in three paragraphs .

Tasha looked up from her screen, bored and unimpressed by the responses to her prompt she had asked for. “ Come on... That ’ s not horror... jeez. ” She took a sip of red rose tea and put it back on the stand next to her bed and tabbed her computer. Putting on her favourite Spotify account, she tabbed over to another screen and started going over her wedding plans, eyes glazing over them, fixated on the screen and inattentive to anything outside the comfort of her bed, and waiting for something hopefully a little scarier. 
 
 He watched her from the closet, between the crack where the folding doors met. Tasha didn ’ t know it, but he had snuck in the night before, all in the home unaware. He was good at his trade, and he slithered his way into her closet while she was in the kitchen brewing her morning tea. Watching her now, intently, Tasha sipped that same tea in bed as she day dreamt about the wedding. He had had held his breath when she came back to the room, but with music playing, he was free to breathe again. He licked his lips, breathing a little heavier in anticipation of his latest conquest. His latest victory. He traced his finger along the edge of his favourite tool. It was polished like a trophy and as sharp as a scalpel. Even in the dark of the closet it still shone magnificently. 
 
 Tasha was only a third through her tea when she felt that too familiar morning call. She set her mug down again, still steaming warm, and placed her laptop beside her before leaning forward. She tossed the comforter over and swung he legs over the side of the bed and began her walk past the closet door to the ensuite bathroom. Her foot caught a piece of clothing left on the floor from the night before, and as she kicked it away, he finally made his move and burst through the closet door from behind her. She tried to scream, but he muffled her with a hand. “ Come here little birdie... Sh sh shh... We ’ re going to have some fun, ” he sneered, as he traced the blade along the skin of her bare arm. 

