Mason
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It was not the wind.
It was on the door itself, at about chest height.
I felt it through the floor more than heard it.
That solid little vibration of knuckles or something hard striking wood.
I stopped breathing for a second.
I know people say that all the time, but I mean it literally.
My body paused.
Duke let out one single growl, then backed away.
Roscoe slid behind the kitchen table.
Another three knocks came.
I said, "'Who is it?'
before I could stop myself.
The second I said it, I remembered Carla's warning.
"'Don't answer.
Don't call back.
Don't go looking.'
For a few seconds, nothing happened."
Then from the other side of the door, something made a sound that I still think about more than the actual sight of it.
It breathed in.
It was right against the door, close enough that I heard air pull through wet nostrils or teeth or whatever it had.