First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ The Library after Dark by Ande Pliego
The guillotine blade glinted, lodged halfway through her shoulder.
It’d been quick, and not nearly quick enough. For a heartbeat shock caught us all by the throat, and squeezed.
The first scream rang out.
It ricocheted off the floor, the walls. The dark room spun like a carousel, my shoes squealing against the floor and frigid air rushing by me. Something battered against my back – or I battered into it, my fingers scrabbling at cold, smooth glass.
Something black poured through my veins, opening up a pit inside of me. This was not how the night was supposed to go.