Lucas felt a sudden jolt on his chest and flew himself right up. He gasped for air but his lungs felt shallow, nothing on his body was pulsating with life. His eyes widened with agitation as his pupils constrict trying to see from the darkness. He pulled himself up after letting the dizziness subside. A familiar cold pierced his skin but it no longer hurt him, he can only feel the scentless fog around, brushing against his pale skin. He exhaled slowly as he took his first step. His hands winging in the air, trying to find something concrete that could guide him. Finally as he took big strides to what seems like a place empty in all matter, his hand touched a rough barrier, he let his hands wander on it until he felt a knob. Lucas closed his eyes, readying himself to enter his home. He twisted the doorknob and pulled the door open. A room, with a fire inside a furnace on the side, countless bottle of alcohol o

   “Good morning Ms. Madden, how are you feeling?” Selene’s doctor entered her room with a few nurses behind him. Faye and Calix stood beside her bed as they both helped Selene to sit up. “I’m feeling better, fortunately,” Selene answered with a smile. Her eyes were droopy as she just woke up from her daily needed nap. “Is there anything wrong?” The doctor smiled at her. “Good to hear that, and no. We are actually here to announce that I have received your request.” “What request?” Faye asked, frowning on Selene then on the doctor. The doctor took a deep sigh. “We are going to operate her brain. She made a personal request after I discussed the terms of her current state.” Selene lowered down her gaze. After she decided to be admitted in the hospital, she onl

A sudden loud thunder shook Santuario del Santo Cristo. The detective’s eyes roamed around the parish, meeting familiar gazes among the people. He realized that all of those people that Lucas want to put protection are all here. He gathered them all using a way he doesn’t want to know. “He invited all the potential victims here, while expecting the killer to visit him at the bunker?” the detective asked Sister Bella. They were sitting at one of the benches, patiently waiting for Lucas to follow them inside the church. “He knows what he’s doing. He put everyone here, because the devil knows he cannot enter in God’s home,” Sister Bella answered. “Is he going to be okay?” The detective cannot bear the anguish anymore, he suddenly stood up but the nun was quick to grab his arm. “Where are you going?” she asked. “I’m going

CHAPTER 48   “Good morning Madam, welcome to Nyhavn Hotel. A room for?”   Selene snapped from roaming her eyes and diverted her attention at the receptionist. “One,” she answered and smiled. The receptionist typed on his computer with such noisy keyboard. “Room for single bed overlooking at the canals, am I right?”   “Yes. And do you serve breakfast?” she asked, after a long second the receptionist turned to her with a key on his hand. He faked a smile, Selene could tell. “Yes, an exquisite breakfast will be delivered right at your doorstep Madam. This way, please.” The receptionist went out of the bar and guided her to the elevator. Selene was not really expecting anything particular in the hotel, just something that she could stay comfortably, somewhere she could picture herself just like in her dreams.   “Thank you,” she muttered, dragging her luggage inside the elevator. “I’ll be waiting for the

  I pushed the record button, and the little red circle started to blink. The timer on the top-left corner of the screen flashed the time elapsing in the video.   Ten seconds…   Fifteen…   I took a deep sigh and smiled.   “Faye…” I muttered with a hoarse voice. “Are you watching this? I hope you do. I hope you somehow checked for your clothes’ pockets before throwing them out in the laundry, or else, I’m doing this for nothing.” I chuckled, finding myself silly. “And I hope your brain cells work to realize that what I’ve written was the new password of your computer. I’m sorry for changing it.”   I cleared my dry throat as I began to feel the tears already filling up. I looked at the clock, and ten minutes from now Faye would be back at my hospital room. My hands started to fidget.   “His name is Lucas. He is from somewhere that is beyo