Lucas's scorching breath brushed against my neck. It felt like being exposed to the scorching sun at the peak of summer, leaving one exhausted and on the brink of fainting. His breath mirrored that exact sensation. Meanwhile, my heart pounded so furiously it felt as though it might burst from its place.
Both his breath and the scene before me... I gazed around without even blinking. Was I dreaming? The sight was so surreal that it seemed unfathomable to be real. If you told me it was a scene from a series or a movie, I might have believed it, but the fact that it was unfolding before my eyes at that moment...
Lucas had been right when he warned me not to enter that room. I had assumed another girl would emerge, but I never could have anticipated what I beheld.
At that moment, I felt as
