I left the place feeling confused about everything around me.
For once, I forgot who I was — and who I should believe.
The air outside was sharp and cold, but it didn’t clear the fog in my head. My footsteps echoed louder than they should have on the empty street, like the world had emptied itself just to watch me walk home.
I didn’t look back.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHBqNmHEVl
If I did, I might see them.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwnHwgEVfe
And right now, I wasn’t sure I could handle that.
The buildings blurred past, their windows dark, the streetlights buzzing like tired bees. I caught glimpses of movement in the corners of my vision — quick flickers, like the shimmer had followed me out here. Each time I turned my head, there was nothing.
Every thought tangled in on itself.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmALX7J7PR
Arden’s warnings.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFS3CfLytSF
Davian’s eyes.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XobQ1niN5
Mikael’s silence.
I couldn’t decide if I was drawn to them or if they were pulling me somewhere I couldn’t come back from.
By the time I reached my street, my chest felt heavy, like I’d carried a part of that place home with me.
I stepped inside, shut the door, and let the quiet close around me.
That’s when I saw it.
A folded piece of paper on my desk.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ448NoyHgC1
I hadn’t left it there. I would’ve remembered.
The handwriting was mine.
I unfolded it with careful fingers.
The date at the top was two weeks from now.
Don’t trust him.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJLae61NXW
He will choose you, but only to lose you.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwS80o9Oeb
Leave before the lightning.
At the very bottom, barely visible, were faint indentations pressed into the paper — no ink, just the ghost of words.
He’s the one who told you not to look.
My pulse spiked. Arden’s voice echoed in my mind — Don’t look too long at anything here.
I stared until the words seemed to fade from the page entirely, as if they’d never been there at all.
Something made me turn toward the window.
Under the streetlight, a figure stood perfectly still.
One of them had followed me home.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RQ4LxHExx
I just didn’t know which.
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