Riley’s pov
I shivered, the tremor wracking my body from head to toe. My heart pounded so loud in my chest that I thought it might shatter my ribs. I glanced around the dark room, searching for any sign of movement, but saw nothing except shadows pooling in the corners. Was it all just a figment of my imagination? Another trick played by my mind after that nightmare? Or was something lurking here, watching me, something that wanted to hurt me and maybe even my mother?
My thoughts raced, each one more terrifying than the last. My mother’s illness… the doctors keep saying it is just trauma, several mysterious illnesses that had been pulling her down for years. But what if it was something beyond their understanding? Something supernatural? The dream, with its twisted shadows and suffocatin
