Chapter 74
I tried to move my feet, but they were frozen in place. I wanted to scream, to call for help, but each time I opened my mouth, no sound came out.
’Am I the next one to die? What’s going to happen to me?’ Fear gripped me, and I felt goosebumps crawling over my skin as I questioned myself, panic rising.
"No," a deep, terrifying voice echoed in my mind, as if it could hear my thoughts. "It is not you that I am here to harm. I have come to do the work of fate. I am only here to warn you. Stay out of what they are about to do, or I will wipe away anyone who stands in my way."
The voice was chilling, and the fact that it was inside my mind only made it worse. My fear intensified; it could hear my thoughts, it was aware of everything.
I stood there, too scared to even think. If it could hear me, I didn’t want to provoke it.
"Are you trying to control your thoughts so I can’t hear them?" the voice taunted, followed by a loud, mischievous laugh that echoed in my head. "Keep doing that. I’ll leave you now."
Suddenly, the presence was gone. I could feel it lift, as if the weight of fear had been peeled away. I tried to move my feet again, and this time, I could.
Instead of rushing back into my room, something inside me urged me forward. I found myself walking towards the dark area where the voice had come from, searching for whatever it was that had spoken to me. But there was nothing. The place was empty, silent.
With nothing else to do, I headed back to my room. As soon as I stepped inside, a loud thunderclap roared through the sky, and heavy rain began to fall. My gut twisted with dread. This was a sign. I knew it.
’This is serious,’ I thought, pacing back and forth in my room. ’I need to speak to Ma’am Elena first thing tomorrow. We need to do something before it’s too late.’
I was filled with worry, thoughts swirling through my mind until exhaustion pulled me into a deep sleep.