章 20: Chapter 19

I COULDN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I HAD EVER FELT THIS SCARED.

While Mother and Father scared me, with what they were capable of doing to me, this person seemed to elicit a different kind of terror inside of me. The second their smooth voice filled my ears, like an alarm clock, everything inside of me seemed to go off. I couldn't control the quiet whimper that escaped my lips, and the shaky feeling that filled every pore and cell inside my body. I could see Xeros and Devin trying to talk to me from the corner of my eye, but my gaze was completely focused elsewhere.

On him.

Describing him was difficult, because he was almost like a ghost. He appeared and disappeared at times. He made you wonder if you had dreamed everything or if this was the reality. He played mind games, ones that were so deadly, they could drive anyone insane.

Dmitry.