Entrapment

-Phoenix-

I think someone is following me. This is another presence. So far, I have only seen him in my dreams. It doesn’t help that he is so beautiful. I’m at a loss here.

It started three weeks ago. The details come and go from my brain. I just saw his face. He stood right in front of me. He smiled at me. I tried to scream but he covered my mouth.

“Shhh,” he whispered. “Shhh. Shhh.” I stared up at him. Who was he? What did he want with me? He started to speak in my mind.

“I’m not here to hurt you. Please listen to me.”

I stared up at him. I couldn’t make out what he was thinking.

Who are you? What are you doing here? His eyes. That’s the one thing I couldn’t forget. How could they be so blue? I gulped under his hand.

“I’m not going to hurt you,” he insisted. “I just want to talk. Please listen to me!”

Why? What do you want?

“Listen!”

I stared at him, silent. My heart pounded against my chest. He seemed to stare into my soul. He took a breath.

“I have to tell you something.”

What? It becomes hazy from there. I don’t remember what he told me. But I think it scared me. I don’t want to remember. However, I feel I don’t have a choice. He won’t let me.

Now, he’s following me. It was in my dreams at first. Now, he’s in my waking life. The more I see him, the more his features become clearer. And he is so beautiful. The black he wears draws me in.

No!

I won’t let him suck me in. I have to be strong. I have to fight him!

I froze.

It doesn’t help that no one else can see him. I grabbed the sides of my head. This just makes it worse. Am I dreaming? Is this all in my head? I don’t know. And that scares me.

My heart jumped in my chest. Oh no. I’m not alone anymore. He’s here.

I turned my head to the doorway.