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... ffled as one of the men tugged the sack off.

A bundle of ominous black hair spilled out immediately, silky yet tangled. It was like a wet curtain over the figure’s face— the sheer uncertainty of what I was going to see practically killing me.

For a moment, all I could see was that hair, lifeless and heavy, hanging just inches from the ground as the person’s chin remained tucked to their chest.

Then, their head began to tilt upwards.

It wasn’t natural, not to me. < ...

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