“I’ve been in the dark long enough to know… sometimes the danger is already inside.”
I was upstairs…
Playing video games.
Volume all the way up.
Then I heard something.
Downstairs.
I muted everything.
Listened.
Nothing.
So I kept playing.
Another hour passed.
Then I heard it again.
Louder.
Clear this time.
Something… moving.
I felt it in my chest.
So I went downstairs.
Slow.
Quiet.
The sound was coming from the basement.
I opened the door—
A cold breeze hit me.
Wrong.
Imme