I couldn’t sleep. Not really. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw shadows stretching across my walls, crawling closer like they had a mind of their own. My phone buzzed once, twice, and I jumped as though someone had shoved me. But it was just… nothing. Just the endless stream of notifications that never seemed to stop.
Still, I couldn’t shake it. Someone was here. I knew it. My apartment felt smaller, tighter, as if the walls themselves were leaning in to trap me. I triple-checked the locks, peeked through the blinds, and even checked the back alley for footprints. Nothing. No one.
And yet… the feeling lingered. The prickling along my neck, the hair on my arms standing straight up, the sudden, inexplicable chill. My heart raced like a drum in a war march. I kept thinking about Aiden, abo
