Chapter 0507

I leaned in, capturing his lips with mine. He returned in kind, and gently lifted me, carrying me to the bed.

We collapsed on each other in a sweaty, satisfied heap. With my head resting on Enzo's chest, his arms around me, I felt completely and utterly safe. But still, I couldn't fight the heaviness that crept into my eyelids, pulling me into the welcoming arms of sleep.

But the world I slipped into was anything but welcoming.

I was back in the maze like tunnels beneath the campus, my breaths echoing in the dank, subterranean air. The shadow entity was there, a lanky figure up ahead, beckoning for me.

Curiosity, or maybe something darker, pulled me along. I followed.

a heavy knot in my stomach. But some invisible force propelled

"Let me out!" I screamed, the sound of my voice mingling with

the glass, I could see it-the shadow entity, now wearing a grotesque parody of a grin. Its teeth were as white and jagged as ever, somehow longer and pointier now than they were

breaths became shallow, the walls closing in on me. My knuckles ached from beating on the door, but it was futile. I was trapped, the

spilled from my eyes, hot

up, gasping, drenched in sweat. Enzo was beside me in an instant, his eyes

was all I could manage, my voice barely above

didn't need to, because he already knew. This was slowly

he pulled me tightly against him, enveloping me in his arms, his warmth chasing away the lingering terror that was quaking my body. He began rocking me gently, back and forth, whispering, "It's okay, it's okay," in a

make sense of the dream-of the recurring shadow entity, and its malevolent glee. Could it signify an aspect of my subconscious? A warning of some sort? Or was it simply the manifestation of

considering turning Enzo down about therapy; the notion

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