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Catharsis [Novel]

Paranormal

Every villain is the HERO of their own story... Fifteen-year old Catarina Perez wakes up in one of the city’s alleys covered in blood and lying next to the corpse of a man she has never met before. And it turns out that isn’t the strangest thing...

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CHAPTER FORTY

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by DAndrewCampbell

by DAndrewCampbell

CHAPTER FORTY

I haven't slept for over five days now. I've been awake for just over one hundred and thirty hours. I don't think that's good for my physical well-being. Or my mental health, for that matter.

Since all this started, sleep has been almost secondary, but at least I was able to sleep on occasion. I could curl up with Lazzy and close my eyes and rest. But not now. My energy level is too hyped up to sleep. There is too much stimulus coming at me constantly to allow me to turn off my brain and even approach the relief of sleep.

I'm going to need to find a way to confine myself in a claustrophobic area that I can use to block out all light, smells and sound. If my senses can detect anything around me, I am almost unable to not focus on it. The frustration of wanting to get a break from everything is wearing me down. I'm no longer sharp. My brain has turned sluggish from the exhaustion of constantly working for days on end. I'm not used to this. There has to be a way around this...