📖 BEFORE HE CAME
🌲 A Forest Horror Novel
Chapter 3 – The Night Whisper
That night… something changed.
Clara woke up suddenly.
Her eyes opened into darkness, her heart already beating fast — as if something had called her from sleep.
At first, everything was quiet.
Too quiet.
Then she heard it.
A sound.
Soft… faint… almost like the wind brushing through dry leaves.
She held her breath and listened.
Again.
This time clearer.
A whisper.
Slow.
Dragging.
Calling her name…
“Clara…”