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I wander aimlessly through the darkened halls

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I wander aimlessly through the darkened halls. Everyone is asleep, but no matter how much I try I cannot seem to conceive it. After tossing and turning for hours I finally gave up. Playing with the chain didn't help either, so I left it behind and decided to take a nightly stroll. First I went to the kitchen for a glass of water, and still I feel thirsty, but it's a different kind of thirst. It feels more like a craving. An endless craving.

I close my eyes and let my other senses guide me through the castle. At this late hour I feel a strange calm to be able to walk around knowing that the others won't be here. It's wrong, but I just don't want to see them. More accurately, I don't want them to see me.

I've felt their eyes burning into me after Niki ran away from the swimming pool. They suspect me of doing something to him, and maybe I did. I mean, he did faint. But I never meant to hurt him, I only wanted to comfort him. I never meant any of this.

Get away from me!

It still stings to remember those words and his eyes when he said them, like he meant every word. I thought I would always have him by my side, but now it seems he wants me as far away from him as possible.

Suddenly an old smell reaches my nose and I open my eyes. I'm in a room I don't recognise. It's empty and wide, covered in dust with the look of disuse. I don't think I'd ever seen this room before. It's not unlike all the others in the building, but what makes it different is the one big window at the end. The design of the glass makes it shine red and blue with the moonlight.

I make my way to it and place my hand on the cold glass. The moon looks blurry behind it, but so stunningly beautiful. I don't think I had ever appreciated it. Or maybe I had never felt this strange attraction to it as I do now.

The big white satellite is the most compelling I've ever seen. It's a huge contrast to what is happening inside the castle. We're all falling apart and yet the moon grows more beautiful each night.

My senses are heightened with the sight. My teeth hurt and I see glowing eyes looking back at me from the glass. I haven't felt this alive in ages.

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