Jade’s eyes snapped open.
She was laying in her bed, soaked in sweat. Without moving her head she scanned her room with her eyes. Something was in the room with her. Her dreams had changed when she sensed his presence, and that very presence was what woke her up. She was sure it was still in her room.
There.
In the corner of her room was a silhouette of a man standing.
She quickly reached for the switch on her lamp. But the sudden light dissipated the shadows that had once lingered. She was so sure of what she saw before, but now in the light, there was proof that what she saw doesn’t exist. She hugged her knees as she felt like she, herself was having a light shined on. With each shadow that dissolves, so does her confidence in her own senses.
She had woken several times now with the
