Chapter 42

Chapter Forty Two

I didn't know when exhaustion had overtaken me, but I must have fallen asleep amidst the comforting scent of Mariah. The weight of grief was too heavy, and sleep had claimed her as an escape,

When I woke, the room was shrouded in an unnatural stillness. A coll draft brushed over my skin, and I realized I wasn't alone.

I turned my head, and there, sitting on the edge of the bed, was Mariah.

But it wasn't the Mariah I remembered.

Her clothes were torn and bloodied, her chest grotesquely ripped open as though her heart had been torn from her body. Blood smeared her face, and her once gentle eyes were clouded over, lifeless.

“Mariah?” I whispered, my voice trembling. I sat up, reaching out tentatively, my fingers shaking.

her lips curling into a strange, sorrowful smile. "You let me

so sorry

something colder, darker. "Now You have no one, Stormi. No

tears streaming down my face.

form distorting unnaturally. She threw her head back, letting out a laugh that sent chills my

It wasn't Mariah's laugh.

that sinister sound-it was the same malevolent laugh I had

shift and writhe, coiling around Mariah

wolfish shadow. It loomed over me, its red eyes glowing like

stretching wide as though to devour

a sinister blend of whispers and

shadow lunged forward, engulfing me in its cold, suffocating darkness.I screamed as I woke, my body trembling violently. I thrashed against

"Stormi! Stormi, wake up!"

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