Sylvia's POV:

As tears continuously flowed down my cheeks, I lay there stunned. I then turned Rufus over and saw the pattern of a winding thorn on his back. It had already gotten very big.

Running my fingers over it, I asked, "Can't you feel it? It's growing here from your waist."

"I... don't feel anything." Rufus shook his head in confusion.

"You should at least be able to see it, then." If he even slightly tilted his head, the pattern on his waist would be clearly visible to him. And when he was taking a shower, he should have been able to notice it then.

After I got out of the bed, I grabbed a mirror for him to take a look for himself. "Well, can you see it now?"

Rufus turned his head around and his brows furrowed in confusion. "I see nothing."

"How could it be..." My stomach churned from the strange feeling when I looked over at the mirror's reflection and saw nothing in it.

I then thought it might be the problem of the mirror. I grabbed another mirror, one that was bigger, and raised it up to Rufus' level. "Can you see it now?"

"No, still nothing." Rufus looked as though he was about to say something but then stopped after thinking it over.

mirror and the pattern on his back, I blinked

too tired recently? Maybe it's a hallucination." Rufus asked, his

and my eyes made their way back to the black thorn on his back. There was no way

I see the pattern in the

be a manifestation

a kiss on the forehead. "Well, don't think about it anymore. I think all you need is to get a good night's sleep for now." Around the same time, Rufus' phone began to ring. His hand reached for the phone on the bedside table. But the moment he placed the phone on his ear, the blood on his face

his arms

ahead with your

and shook his head. "I'm too worried for you. After I see that you

him on the shoulder. "Oh, me? I'm fine. Maybe you're

again, whether it is an illusion or not. You don't need to bear any burden all on

didn't want to make him worry anymore, so I nodded slightly and responded, "I know. I won't hide anything from you

my face, Rufus smiled.

over his. "I'll be alright. Go ahead and sort out what you need to at work. I'm sure I'll be all better

until I've seen that you

want to pester you. I won't be able to fall asleep if you're here," I explained,

longer, so he sat up and put on his clothes, getting ready to deal with

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