You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight: Chapter 13–Epilogue

by Kalynn Bayron
At an upstate New York terror-simulation experience based on events from the slasher film The Curse of Camp Mirror Lake, seventeen-year-old Charity is supposed to be the final girl who survives.

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  1. contract
    become smaller or draw together
    His torso expands and contracts like he’s taking long, slow breaths.
  2. rivulet
    a small stream
    She’s breathing, but the blood is still flowing from her head in crimson rivulets.
  3. in vain
    without a successful result or effect
    I swallow a knot in my throat and try in vain to push the image of Porter’s mutilated body out of my head.
  4. gangly
    tall, thin, and awkward
    A taller man with a shock of red hair and long, gangly arms and legs stands with his back to the window.
  5. conservative
    avoiding excess
    But we need more blood, more sacrifices. We have held back too much. He wants to be conservative in his actions, and I just don’t understand. We need drastic action.
  6. backlash
    an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence
    Some kid tried to re-create the ritual and failed miserably. The backlash almost ended our Order.
  7. predicament
    an unpleasant or difficult situation
    It is the reason we find ourselves in the predicament we are in today. The Grand Owl will not allow something like that to happen again.
  8. residual
    relating to or indicating a remainder
    They immediately start to cough and gag, and I scramble back as a residual cloud of the noxious gas wafts into the shower building.
  9. noxious
    injurious to physical or mental health
    They immediately start to cough and gag, and I scramble back as a residual cloud of the noxious gas wafts into the shower building.
  10. rancid
    having an offensive smell or taste
    Pain rockets through my shoulder as the man’s rancid breath blows into my nose and mouth.
  11. writhing
    moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion
    As I make my descent, I catch a glimpse of the gray-haired man’s ankle and understand why he was suddenly writhing in pain—a short carving knife is stuck in the tender flesh of his Achilles.
  12. relent
    give in, as to influence or pressure
    I kick at the man behind me, driving my foot back as hard as I can. I connect with something soft. There’s a groan, but the grip on my ankle doesn’t relent.
  13. quiver
    case for holding arrows
    I search wildly for something, anything that I can use to defend myself with, when my gaze flits to a stack of archery quivers, each filled with arrows.
  14. clamber
    climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
    He immediately lets go of me, and I clamber back as he howls in agony.
  15. resonant
    characterized by a loud deep sound
    His voice is deep and resonant.
  16. torrent
    a violently fast stream of water or other liquid
    “You’re lying!” I scream through a torrent of tears.
  17. imposing
    impressive in appearance
    He takes a step toward me, and he suddenly seems taller, more imposing than he did just a moment before.
  18. barbaric
    without civilizing influences
    “Do you know how long this Order has been in existence? You were in our lodge. I know you saw what we did there, but you don’t understand. How could you? Our rituals may seem barbaric, but they are the key to everything we once possessed.”
  19. hallowed
    worthy of religious veneration
    “I know much more than that, thanks to someone very close to you. Someone who couldn’t wait to see your guts splashed across these hallowed grounds.”
  20. arrogant
    having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance
    “Unfortunately for him, he isn’t the type of person I’d ever bring into the fold of our sacred Order.” He laughs again, but it is an arrogant, boastful sort of sound.
  21. elite
    a group or class of persons enjoying superior status
    “We have used this power to chart paths for presidents, dictators, the wealthy, the elite. You have no idea the influence we once held.”
  22. guttural
    relating to or articulated in the throat
    He towers over me, and the pale flesh of his chest heaves as a guttural growl erupts from his throat.
  23. lurch
    move haltingly and unsteadily
    It hurts to move, but I lurch onto the path, grabbing a large stick from the underbrush.
  24. regalia
    especially fine or decorative clothing
    The man in the owl regalia lets go of Bezi, and she crumples to the ground.
  25. mangle
    destroy or injure severely
    I grab the first aid kit from under the desk and wrap her mangled wrist in an Ace bandage.
  26. gauzy
    so thin as to transmit light
    The orange glow from the fireplace washes the room in a gauzy light, and Mr. Lamont stands backlit by the flames, like a monster emerging from the depths of hell.
  27. necessarily
    in such a manner as could not be otherwise
    “Spill the blood on the ground, dump the corpse in the lake, recite the words. Not necessarily in that order.”
  28. dubious
    open to doubt or suspicion
    The Owl Society has run their dubious little social club from the Mirror Lake area for generations. But by the sixties, they got greedy. Stopped letting new folks into the society so they could hold on to the power for themselves.
  29. vulnerable
    capable of being wounded or hurt
    My daddy would start a camp, bring up vulnerable kids, kids nobody cared about.
  30. aback
    by surprise
    I’m so taken aback by his abrupt departure from the story that I gasp.
  31. heinous
    extremely wicked or deeply criminal
    “So my daddy sets up shop,” Mr. Lamont continues like he’s telling a bedtime story and not like he’s spilling the most heinous details of this entire operation.
  32. appease
    cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
    But their incantations weren’t anything I recognized. I couldn’t decipher them fully, so I did what I could and when the opportunity presented itself, I spilled enough blood to appease whatever ancient power demanded it, and what did I get? Nothing.
  33. matted
    tangled in a dense mass
    The blond woman Bezi and I tied up is stumbling out of the little wooden structure, her hair matted and crusty with blood.
  34. skulk
    move stealthily
    Kyle skulks off toward the lodge as Mr. Lamont rejoins us and stares out over the water.
  35. appeal
    request earnestly; ask for aid or protection
    “You’re not stupid,” I say, seeing an opportunity to appeal to whatever might be left of Kyle’s humanity.
  36. incantation
    a ritual reciting of words believed to have a magical effect
    Mr. Lamont slips the owl mask over his head and bellows the incantation aloud.
  37. raze
    tear down so as to make flat with the ground
    The forest is starting to reclaim most of the buildings that weren’t razed.
  38. amends
    something done or paid to make up for a wrong
    If he wanted me dead, I’d be dead. But it seemed like he was trying to make amends somehow.
  39. gaunt
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
    He looks taller and a little more gaunt than the last time I saw him, which was when he stepped over me, thinking I was dead, and disappeared into the dark like some kind of ghost.
  40. suffice
    be adequate, either in quality or quantity
    For me, there’s no amount of money or power or influence that will suffice to ease the ache I feel in my chest.
Created on Wed Feb 07 08:57:30 EST 2024 (updated Wed Feb 07 17:13:07 EST 2024)

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