The silence wrapped around me like a second skin. Heavy. Too heavy.
I sat there on the edge of the bed, my hands resting limp in my lap, staring at nothing and everything at once.
It was quiet.
Too quiet.
Yet beneath the silence… something thrummed.
A low hum, deep inside my chest.
A faint vibration beneath my skin.
A whisper I couldn’t quite catch.
I closed my eyes, trying to focus on the sound.
At first, there was nothing. Just the usual dark behind my eyelids.
And then—
A flicker.
A pulse.
The softest voice, curling at the edge of my thoughts.
“Finally.”
My heart stuttered.
I opened my eyes, but the room looked the same—empty, dim, ordinary. And yet…everything felt different.
The air felt charged. Like something unseen was pressing against me, waiting, watching.
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