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.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN00wtl6yct
If I did, I might see them.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62BynbG82T
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.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGS9ce6BHw
Arden’s warnings.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEK3KiWcbGq
Davian’s eyes.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6LAd23mEu
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.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetSWjFe7D9
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.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFxYplleRq
He will choose you, but only to lose you.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukEddrn0TS
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.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPISVDLWhK
I just didn’t know which.
and then Add to home screen.