I blinked repeatedly at first, unsure of what the hell I was seeing. I was in complete disbelief as I stared at the kitchen around me. The walls were all splattered with blood. The floor as well. The counter. Everywhere had some blood on it. It wasn't just blood. It was blood and...particles. Soft material. I looked at my hands and it was covered in the same thing. I stepped back until my back hit the sink. Garrett and Samantha. Where did they go?My body reacted before I could accept the impossibility that just happened. I threw my guts up in the sink. It felt like my stomach was being torn apart. I had never felt this sick before. I wiped my mouth after I was done but realized far too late that my hand was covered in that red stickiness and I had got it in my mouth. I could taste it in my lips. I retched again. Not much came up and my stomach hurt by the time I was done. I crumbled to the ground and hugged my knees. I gave myself a few minutes. Just a few. I didn't focus on the b

I started to stumble backward and tripped on absolutely nothing. As a result, I came crashing down. I ignored the pain of the impact and started running blindly, not daring to look back at the horror I just saw in the alleyway. I didn’t even turn to look to see if the man was chasing after me. Oh my God, what was that? What the actual fuck was that?I didn’t even think of an answer. I made a sharp right and kept running. I saw two guys walking on the other sidewalk across the street. I glanced at them and they stared back at me like they thought I was crazy. The reason why I didn’t tell them about what I just saw and screamed for help was because they y look like they could help me. Actually, going up to them felt like getting myself into even more trouble. No, I had to keep running until I found something that could actually help me. I looked around quickly and tried to figure out where I was. I knew this area but nothing came to mind at the moment. I couldn’t associate this plac

“Your eyes,” I gasped as I stood. The shock made me stand and back away. “They’ve…what the hell are you!?”“Sit down,” he commanded, “and I’ll tell you.”Again, I was left without a choice. I had to sit down and do as I was told because I was already here and there was nowhere to go. I sat down but my body was inched away from him. My skin was crawling. I was more terrified than ever because I knew that he truly wasn’t human. No human could do this. No human had eyes like this. He raised a finger and showed me a contact lens. A brown one so brown that it was almost black. I didn’t even see him remove them. “First of all, I didn’t change my eye color, not the way you think I did.”I felt stupid but I knew I was onto something. “Why are your eyes that color?”“You already guessed it,” he dryly informed me. “How do you know that?” I asked in disbelief. There were more questions I wanted to ask but for now, that was all I wanted to know. I felt that it would perhaps help explain all o

Felix was out the door before I could say anything else and I had to follow him. As soon as I stepped out, he locked the door behind me. I kept looking at him and hoping that he would tell me that he was joking (considering I mentioned it earlier) but he didn’t say anything as he pushed the elevator’s button and waited for the doors to open. We then stepped into the elevator and stood alongside each other. I recalled how he was gripping my wrist and decided to look. Sure enough, it was almost black and it hurt when I flexed my hand. Great. Even so, this wasn’t enough to distract me from what he had said. I glanced at him again and he made an expression of pure annoyance. He said, “Stop it.”“Tell me you’re lying.”“I’m lying.”“Are you?”He narrowed his eyes at me and looked away. “You can’t be serious,” I argued as we stepped out into the lobby. To my absolute surprise, it was nighttime. But it couldn’t be the same day. I slept for a long time up there. Did I end up sleeping for

Our journey came to an end when we stopped in front of a bleak mansion. This was exactly the kind of place I had in mind when I entered Felix’s clean apartment in the city center. Although the whole building with its old and creaky elevator made sense, this place right here suited him even more. The place looked like it had been around for many years, which was probably the case. It also looked haunted. It was in a residential area that was surrounded by modern homes and clean front yards. This place was the complete opposite. The grass hadn’t been watered in forever—they probably counted on the rain for that—and the tree up front was blackened like it had been on fire once and just…carbonized. “This is it,” Felix answered before crossing the front yard. We stopped when we reached the front door. There was no doorbell, I noticed. Felix raised his fist and knocked. I strained my ears to hear some movement from inside the house but it was as silent as a grave. It was startling when