Cheater's 100-word story for May 28, 2025

Cheater wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on May 28, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

He ran. Fast. Feet pounding, breath ragged. The silence felt wrong—no echoes, no footsteps. Just the hum of danger. His phone buzzed: They know where you are. Damn. He veered left, heart slamming. No exit. Just walls, whispers, and a clock ticking inside his head. Sixty seconds to vanish. He scanned the corridor—nothing but shadow and tile. Then, a door. Slightly open. He dove through, landing hard. Darkness swallowed him. He pressed his back to the wall, breath shallow. Somewhere nearby, a voice whispered his name. Not yelling—whispering. That was worse. He hadn’t escaped, just gone deeper.

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