who are you?

The hair at the back of my neck stood on attention as I squinted my eyes and looked around the room. “Who’s there?” I asked.

I was certain that I saw a shadow there but by the time I blinked my eyes and looked again, I saw nothing.

“Looking for me?” A voice said from behind me and the hair at the back of my neck stood tenfold. I could feel the eeriness seeping through the air in the room and I became extremely alert. My six senses told me the owner of the voice was not one to be trifled with.

But how did he enter my room without making a noise or alerting the security?

I staggered backward and bombarded him with questions. “W…who are you? How did you get in here? What…Were you sent by one of the Princes? Which of them sent you? How did you find me? Did you follow me?”

“Hehe… I see that you have met the Princes and are also aware of our existence. But, to answer your questions, no.”

A foreboding feeling descended on me and I unconsciously took some shaky steps backward to leave a good