Terrified
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Chapter 32
Sophie POV
"Why didn't you tell me you were leaving the office, Sophie? I was worried about you," Xander asks as he holds my hands, but I just sigh briefly. It was almost 8pm, and he dropped by my place on his way back home from the office.
"I'm sorry. There was an emergency," I reply to him, and he sighs briefly.
"Don't leave like that without telling me, ok? You know it's dangerous out here, and you shouldn't be roaming around all alone without anyone by your side," He utters, and I slowly nod my head.
"Are you ok? You didn't seem ok back at the office today. Is everything alright?" I ask him, and he stares at me for seconds before he shakes his head, but it's obviously written all over him that everything is not fine. Something is bothering him, but sadly, he doesn't trust me enough to tell me what is wrong with him.
"Hmm. I need to go back now. You should sleep early, and rest as much as you can. I will pick you up on my way to the office tomorrow. Good night, and sleep tight," He squeezed my hands gently before he finally let go of them.
"Hmm. Good night," I reply to him in a low tone, and he nods his head. He finally turns and walks over to his car, then pulls the door open, but he stops and looks at me.
"You shouldn't come out of your room at night. Call me if anything urgent come up later," He utters, but I only stare at him blankly, wondering what he is talking about.
"Is... everything alright?" This time, I'm convinced that there is something really wrong somewhere, for him to say that to me.
"Yeah. Good night," He replies to me casually before he hops in and drives away, while I finally turn and walk inside the house. Since Zara is already sleeping as a result of tiredness and heartbreak, I am left alone here all by myself.
Many questions flood my mind as I sit in the living room. Why was he acting weird? Why did he say those words to me? Is something going to happen to me? Those are the questions that keep parading my mind, and fear grips me.
Pushing all the thoughts to the back of my mind, I stand up to go inside my room, but realizing that I left some of my clothes outside that I washed earlier before I went to work, I stop and sigh. I reluctantly drag my feet toward the door and pull it open, before I step out to get the clothes.
Turning to go inside the house after I pick the clothes, I stop on my track and my heart sinks into my stomach at the sight that welcomes me. Standing in front of me is a creature that doesn't look like a human, dressed in a black long hoodie, covering its face. The aura coming from this creature is deadly, and I feel my body go numb at the sight of him.
Now that it raises its hand, I finally spot the scythe in its hand, and my heart freezes in my chest as I feel my soul leave my body for seconds. If I am right, I have seen these creatures only in movies and also read about them. They are called the grim reapers. Do they really exist in reality?
"Hold on... I must be hallucinating," I whisper as I drop the clothes on the floor and slap my cheeks to wake up from this nightmare, but when I open my eyes, he is nowhere to be found.
"That was close," I whisper as I bend down and pick up the clothes before I stand up to my feet. Wait a minute! Was that really an illusion?
"It was, Sophie. You have been watching horror movies lately, how are you not supposed to see things?" I reply to myself, giving myself every reason to convince myself that it wasn't real. I mean, why would a grim reaper come to my house even though it does exist? It has no reason to, right?
Pushing all the thoughts away, I proceed to the house and head to my room straight away. I shake my head when I walk inside the room and find Zara sleeping on the floor while having her legs on the bed, her hair is scattered over her face, and she has a trail of saliva on her cheeks. Well, Zara is a crazy sleeper, but it's also crazy how she manages to always wake up before me.
I shake my head before I drop the clothes on the chair in the room. I will arrange them tomorrow, for now, I will just get some rest.
"Ugh!" I groan as I help Zara onto the bed, and once she's on the bed, I lay beside her and pull the blanket to cover myself, ready to get some sleep.
I feel a presence in my room, I feel danger lurking around in the corner, but when I sit up and check around the room, it doesn't seem like someone is in the room with us. Now that I think of what I saw outside, fear grip me. It feels as though, I'm still seeing that creature. A part of me has accepted that it was just my illusion, but the truth is staring back at me and I know it wasn't. That thing was real. I really saw a grim reaper.
My body trembles nervously, and I gulp down nothing as I slowly lay on the bed, pulling the blanket to cover myself again. I feel like covering my face with the blanket, but I'm also scared it might find its way into the room.
After hours of trying to get some sleep without a good result, my eyes finally feel heavy, and I give in to nature to take me to dreamland.
I have no idea how I ended up in this scary place, but seeing myself sitting on the throne with different creatures bowing to me, feels creepy. I feel like something has changed about me, I feel like I am not the same person.
"Who am I?" I whisper as I slowly touch my cheeks, and gulp down nothing nervously. I have many unanswered questions, which may remain like that forever.
"Your Majesty, I have put the world in chaos, and soon, they will all bow to your feet and beg for your mercy," One of the creatures says to me, and I gulp down nothing. How the heck did I end up here?
"What..." My voice trails off at the sound of a faint feminine voice.
"Sophie... Sophie... Sophie... Are you dead? Sophie?" Hearing the faint voice, I feel myself fading away from the throne, those creatures stare at me like they are sad that I'm leaving them.
"Sophie... You can't die, please. You are the only one I have," I finally open my eyes to see a blurry figure towering over me. My vision finally becomes clear after a few minutes, and there is Zara, looking all worried.
"What happened to you? I thought you died in your sleep," She whines, but I can only stare at her blankly, wondering what happened. My body is still trembling, I feel my inside cold, but my body is hot with beads of sweat on my forehead.
"Are you ok? Are you feeling sick? Did you have a nightmare?" She bombards me with questions, but I only gulp down nothing, since I don't even know what to say to her.
"I want...to drink water," The only on my mind is to drink water and calm myself down.
"I will get it for you. Hold on," She utters before she storms out of the room, while I manage to sit up on the bed.
"What was that?" I whisper as I stare into space...
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