Alone
Sophia's POV
The gloom was total. Not a single ray from the windows. Someone had concealed them. They were blocked. Confined us within.
I squeezed Maya's hand. Her hand was damp. Or perhaps it belonged to me. I couldn't determine.
"Who is it?" I shouted out.
The laughter came from the voice. The voice of a woman. Somehow recognizable, yet I couldn't identify it.
"Don't you remember me?" That pains me, Sophia. "Following all that we have experienced together."
Steps. Unhurried. Shifting near us in the shadows. Looping.
"Reveal yourself," Maya said. Her voice quivered.
"Still not." Initially, we converse. "Then you observe."
"What is it that you desire?" I inquired.
"What is it that I desire?" The footsteps ceased. "I need you to grasp this." To observe your actions. "What e
