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Sarai

Author: Renaye H
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-18 07:37:30

Chapter 7

Morning hit like a warning.

I woke up to the sound of Malik pacing the apartment, muttering in a language that scraped against my bones. Not English. Not anything human. Every few seconds the walls shuddered, like his voice was pushing the room off-balance.

I sat up slowly. “Malik?”

He froze.

When he turned, his eyes weren’t red this time—

They were black. Black like absence. Like something had left the lights on inside him but moved out.

“You dreamed of him again,” he said.

It wasn’t a question.

My mouth went dry. I tried to swallow. “I… I don’t know who he is.”

His jaw clenched. “Yes, you do.”

He crossed the room in three slow steps, each one making the air thicken. He sat at the edge of the bed, one hand gripping the sheets like he was fighting the urge to crush something.

“That… thing you saw in your sleep,” he said low. “He’s been circling you. Waiting.”

I pulled my knees up to my chest. “Why?”

Malik’s smile was cold. “Because you’re changing.”

I shivered. “Changing in
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