I left the place feeling confused about everything around me.
For once, I forgot who I was — and who I should believe.
The air outside was sharp and cold, but it didn’t clear the fog in my head. My footsteps echoed louder than they should have on the empty street, like the world had emptied itself just to watch me walk home.
I didn’t look back.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rzjWn2HVt
If I did, I might see them.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qX6bwLYB1
And right now, I wasn’t sure I could handle that.
The buildings blurred past, their windows dark, the streetlights buzzing like tired bees. I caught glimpses of movement in the corners of my vision — quick flickers, like the shimmer had followed me out here. Each time I turned my head, there was nothing.
Every thought tangled in on itself.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYboAUb0Wk5
Arden’s warnings.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0Ws4BkpM3
Davian’s eyes.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMkUCWEHb2
Mikael’s silence.
I couldn’t decide if I was drawn to them or if they were pulling me somewhere I couldn’t come back from.
By the time I reached my street, my chest felt heavy, like I’d carried a part of that place home with me.
I stepped inside, shut the door, and let the quiet close around me.
That’s when I saw it.
A folded piece of paper on my desk.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iT76iIBJi
I hadn’t left it there. I would’ve remembered.
The handwriting was mine.
I unfolded it with careful fingers.
The date at the top was two weeks from now.
Don’t trust him.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY17EubgGR9
He will choose you, but only to lose you.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjnD3rmSEW
Leave before the lightning.
At the very bottom, barely visible, were faint indentations pressed into the paper — no ink, just the ghost of words.
He’s the one who told you not to look.
My pulse spiked. Arden’s voice echoed in my mind — Don’t look too long at anything here.
I stared until the words seemed to fade from the page entirely, as if they’d never been there at all.
Something made me turn toward the window.
Under the streetlight, a figure stood perfectly still.
One of them had followed me home.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QjwoSkLKb
I just didn’t know which.
and then Add to home screen.