door woke me up in th
ed on the lamp on my bedside t
45 in the
that be at
rtbeat raised, and fear gripped my soul as I got out of the bed. In ca
s that?"
ply c
I'm not opening the
pped suddenly,
more seconds, but
were bore
sigh of relief, my hand habitually
c neighboring teens. Perhaps avenging their lost dignit
ferred another round
ling sound perked my ears. Whipping around,
s my eyes widened. With shaky hands I raise
I'd make sure to go
around my weapon. Just as the door opene
d me in my tracks, right before
t t
ticing the worried look on his face. His bushy brows were drawn together while his brown eyes
r him to push past me inside. "Pack everything you
I thought I didn'
g only the things we need.
At thi
d been running from some invisible threat that my father refused to disclose to me. No
t somehow that memory disappeared from my mind like it never happened. Everytime I t
cle until I know what we are running f
s is not t
m tired of running from one place
xpression must have been concerning because he let out a sigh and walk
time. But not right now. We've
and the intense fear behind it,
foods and necessary items from the kitchen, I packed my clothes and sanitary necessities. Padding to
since she died in that treacherous night. It was the last day I slep
by little without his beloved before my very eyes. He even pi
ging me out with him. Stopping, he grabbed our jackets and gave mine
he white fluffiness that landed on my coat, melting gradually
thing in the month of May to snow in Chicago, consi
ndings. The peng that set its paws on my heart since the word move out left Papa's
et up and leave everything behind the next moment? How many more
no, downrig
Elle. Hu
climbed into the car
my life eve
at his phone from time to time. Whatever it was that kept my father at his toes all the time,
n m
r with red eyes, long, sharp teeth and two horns,
umption. Monsters weren't real. They
gh
, my darling.
nding me a look of pity and apology. The sense of helplessness behind those emotions didn't manage to es
le of understanding through th
something when from the corner of our vision, somet
, and I think I saw the color
?" I asked, my
aid, before accel
bric tight, my heartbeat raising. "Papa, slow d
were turning white from how tight he was holding the
wh
ust be a w
he voice at the bac
uldn't be. It
ngine, something else caught my
cious
anaged to pierce through the o
mal coul
A jagu
of those in these woo
father. "Papa
, no
this is, don't
d with fear. "Darling, know that no matter
ds, before something hit our car in
he window. The tires screeched against the
saw my death and possibly my fathe
I saw
dish-go
s on fire, glaring from
s as everything around suddenly lost the tou
cra
ppe
she
ppe
oming to
ugh my ears. My hands proceeded to move, feeling no valor in them. The smell
I whis
sion too blurred to make out t
eam, but all that came
ng happened to him,
ut black dots began to appear in m
no,
, the blood-curdling scream of my
sel
d by a