Humans have natural fears: heights, enclosed spaces, the dark, the unknown. Maybe it evolved along with us, back in the stone age when we lived in dark caves before Prometheus stole the light of the Gods and lit up the shadows, a time before monsters (real or not) dared to venture out of their safe place. People were afraid of being locked up, unable to escape from the things that hunted them, they wished for freedom. Flight or fight didn’t just pop up out of nowhere, it developed with time. They fear falling, they fear injury, because if it's grave it means death and death is unknown.
But the strongest of them all is the dark:
People were afraid of what was hidden in the dark, afraid of the secrets that could potentially end their life, afraid of the monsters hiding in the shadows of their closet or under their bed. They evolved to be afraid of darkness, like how rabbits ran the second they heard the snarl of a wolf, humans evolved to fear the strange unexplainable, but whatever caused our ancestors to fear it, may very well remain a mystery even to the smartest of humanity.
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Crown of Pride
FantasyThere is a world beyond ours. One hidden by a veil. An unknown dark place, where light rules. Contradictory. Angels banish demons, but demons sometimes banish angels. Valentine is pulled into chaos. His world is turned upside down. The people he th...
