Chapter 67
A sudden, unsettling feeling jolted Dane awake. He immediately sat up and scanned the room, his senses on high alert. He strained his ears, but there was no sound.
...Was it just a hallucination?
Nothing seemed to have changed visually. Yet, the eerie sensation persisted. Dane reached out and turned on the lamp on the side table. After confirming that he was alone in the room, he slowly stepped out of bed and began walking around the room. He touched each wall and examined the furniture, and after thoroughly checking, he exhaled a relieved sigh. It must have been a hallucination...
Just as he thought that and was about to return to the bed, something caught his eye. The thick blackout curtains were drawn tightly over the window. He stood there for a moment, glaring at them, before suddenly pulling the curtains open.
“Ha.”
An exasperated sigh escaped his lips. There was nothing outside the window. The sight of the dark wall blocking the view left him speechless for a moment. Immediately, he tore the curtain off, wrapped his hand around it, and shattered the window with a sharp crack. He swore under his breath as a sharp pain spread through his hand, and he clenched it. Carefully avoiding stepping on the broken glass, he reached out to touch the outside of the window, and once again, he was certain—roughly, he could feel it was definitely a rock wall.
What is this...?
The situation made no sense. Frowning, Dane stood still for a moment, something clicking in his mind.
Could it be...?
Dane dashed out of the room in a panic. The small lights on the walls made it easy enough to make out objects, but the place was still too dark.
Hasn’t it gotten light by now? Could it still be night? It must still be night...
He forced himself to deny the uneasy feeling creeping up inside him, running through the house. Eventually, Dane found himself standing dumbfounded in the middle of the living room. The entire house was like that. The villa, which had once been above ground, now felt as if it had sunk into the earth, with all the surroundings blocked off.