Chapter 197: “Disappearance” (9)
Unlike the sorority’s activity room, the storage room was extremely dark.
It was a long, narrow L-shaped space. The door was located at the corner of the “L,” while the window was set on the short side directly opposite the door—a thin, elongated opening that made one think of a prison ventilation slit.
With such a narrow window, very little light could enter the room to begin with. To make matters worse, members of the drama club had piled up a tall stack of set panels and other large props in front of it. The already poor lighting was completely blocked by the stacked boards, plunging the room into total darkness where you couldn’t even see your hand in front of your face.
Everly stood at the doorway and peered inside. The thick darkness within the room churned silently like ink, surging through the open doorway like the gaping maw of some ancient beast, trying to swallow everything that entered.
It was pitch-black, suffocating—heavy and deeply unpleasant.
In the distance, at the end of the road, the lights of a campus security patrol car slowly came into view.
There was no time to hesitate. Everly took a deep breath, stepped into the room, turned to shut the door behind her, and switched on the flashlight in her hand.
The only advantage of the poor lighting was that she could use her flashlight freely without worrying about being seen from outside.
However, turning on the ceiling light was clearly not an option—the light would leak out through the gap above the window and might attract the attention of patrol officers.