I never imagined a single evening could turn my entire world upside down.
It began with a feeling, the kind that crawls along your spine before you even know what it is. I was walking home after a long, exhausting day, the city streets quiet except for the distant hum of traffic and the occasional bark of a dog. Normally, I loved the stillness at night—it was peaceful. Tonight, it wasn’t. Something pressed against the edges of my mind, heavy and insistent, and my instincts screamed that I wasn’t alone.
I kept my pace steady, but my eyes kept darting to shadows. The streetlights flickered in a way that made the corners of buildings look like they were watching me. My pulse was faster than usual, a subtle warning I couldn’t ignore. Somewhere at the back of my mind, a voice whispered: Somet
