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"I will never leave you," it whispered-not as a promise, but as a sentence.
The words crawled into the room long before the voice did, wrapping around the walls, sinking into the floor, pressing against your thoughts. You feel it when you're alone... a breath that isn't yours, footsteps that stop when you turn around.
It doesn't follow you.
It stays inside you.
In the mirror, your reflection smiles a second too late. In the dark, your name is spoken with your own voice. Sleep offers no escape-because it's there when you dream, and closer when you wake.
"I will never leave you," it repeats softly.
Not in life.
Not in death.
And the most terrifying part?
You're starting to realize... it never has.