Emilia lay in bed, her eyes fluttering closed as she drifted off to sleep. But as she slipped into the realm of dreams, she was met with a familiar and terrifying landscape. The dark forest loomed before her, its twisted trees reaching out like skeletal fingers. And the presence, that unseen force that had been chasing her through her dreams, was closing in.
Emilia ran, her heart pounding in her chest, her breath coming in ragged gasps. She stumbled and fell, skinning her knee on the rough earth. As she scrambled to her feet, she felt the presence drawing closer, its icy breath on the back of her neck.
She woke with a start, her heart still racing, her sheets drenched with sweat. She lay there for a moment, trying to catch her breath, trying to calm her racing thoughts. But as she looked
