Sins between the Lines

..._Chapter 5: Sins between the Lines_...

...(The Writer) 🎀...

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...The dream didn’t feel like a dream....

...It felt like a breath on my neck....

...Like the weight of a body pressing into mine. Like fingers gripping my wrist hard enough to bruise....

...I jolted awake, sweating....

...London rain drummed against the windowpane, but inside, everything was too quiet — unnaturally still....

...I reached for my journal. My instinct. My therapy....

...“He was in the room. I couldn’t see him. But I knew....

...I felt watched. Possessed. Owned.”...

...I stared at what I’d written....

...My handwriting looked… shaky. As if someone else had held my hand while I wrote....

...Was I losing it?...

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...By mid-morning, I forced myself to get out. To breathe....

...I met with Leah, my editor, in a coffee shop down Kensington Street....

...“Your eyes are sunken, love,” she said, stirring her drink. “Been up too late watching crime documentaries again?”...

...“No,” I lied. “Just… intense writing nights.”...

...I didn’t tell her I kept waking up at 3:07 AM....

...Or that I found my office door unlocked when I swore I locked it....

...Or that my laptop's draft had new lines I didn’t remember writing....

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...When I returned home, my hallway light flickered. Once....

...Twice....

...Then off....

...I froze....

...The door to my study was open....

...I never leave it open....

...I stepped in, slowly, calling out:...

...“Hello…?”...

...No answer....

...But there was a note....

...Not handwritten. Typed. Folded. Placed perfectly on my desk....

..."You're writing a story. But living a lie....

...You forgot you're not the hunter in this book....

...You're the prey."...

...THE SHADOW💀...

...My knees nearly gave out....

...I stumbled back, heart punching my ribs....

...I thought about the man I saw near the underground a few nights ago. The stranger at the corner bookshop who looked away too quickly....

...And then something else hit me — hard....

...The line....

...That line in my draft I didn’t write:...

...“Now scream for me... or I’ll give you something darker to cry about.”...

...How could I forget?...

...That wasn’t fiction....

...That was my nightmare....

...And someone else wrote it in my story....

...Someone who’s here. Watching....

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...End of chapter 5 🖤...

What do you think will happen next? Is something going to happen to Abellona? What is she writing in her novel that's causing that shadow to keep an eye on her? Is that shadow protecting her or is Abellona herself having to stay away from that shadow?

...To be continued.........

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