Chapter Forty Six.

The atmosphere that night emitted a strange kind of feeling that left you in the middle with the feeling of terror, excitement and sadness. It was so difficult to explain, but all I knew was that it wasn't a pleasant feeling. Darkness crept out as I peeped through out the window. Not quite the hot dark of embers, but a soft,

hopeful dark. The dark that comes just before the sunrise, that kind that helps the orange and gold blossom across the sky, like a small flower trembling open in spring. Its strange essence encouraged me to fall asleep as I closed my eyes, tossing and turning in a futile attempt to slip away into the depths of unconsciousness, blissfully unaware. But there I was, looking out my bedroom window face to face with the violent beast. How silly had I been thinking that I would lay peacefully like I did the night before, as I pronounced my bed as my safe place, my haven. As I'd snuggle into

the duvet like a happy cat in the sunlight, ready for my st