~081: Blaire’s Midnight Arrival

CallaThat night, I’m jolted awake by the loud pounding on our apartment door. It’s the kind that makes you think the cops have shown up, or maybe the ceiling is about to collapse. I sit up so fast I nearly knock my phone off the nightstand.Before I can even move, I hear Ava groaning from across the hall. “Who the hell is trying to break in at—” she pauses, checking the clock I’m sure, “—ten-something at night?” Her footsteps drag toward the front door, heavy with irritation.I rub my temples, my body still aching from those sharp pains that have been attacking me all week. They’re not cramps. They’re something else entirely, something that feels like it’s trying to crawl out of my bones. I’ve been hiding it, telling myself maybe it’s stress, maybe it’s just too much caffeine, but I know deep down it’s not normal.When I make it to the living room, Ava’s already pulling the door open, muttering curses under her breath. And there's Blaire with her.Of course it’s Blaire, who's gonna b

Last Updated : 2025-09-12

~082: A hidden world

CallaThe bright city lights pierce through as soon as we appear in a clearing, a wide beautiful city, nothing about it says we passed through that thick dark wood to find it, a place beyond every existence I have heard of. My mouth wide open.“Woahh!” I breathed out in a long, shaky exhale, my words tumbling over themselves. “Jesus. Fucking. Christ, Blaire, what is this place?”It feels magical, alive. The air buzzes, thick but light, like it’s hiding something, like it knows more than I ever will. For a moment, I forget, totally forget, that we left my house at ten o’clock at night. This place doesn’t look like night at all. The sky stretches above in strange hues, not the black I’m used to, but a pale glowing blue, as if dawn is stuck in a loop here.“I know right?” Blaire says with this wild grin, like she’s proud of showing me. “It’s beautiful… Even though it’s my home, it still amazes me every time I pass through the woods. And wahhh, this cool air—feels like it was made to wash

Last Updated : 2025-09-13

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~081: Blaire’s Midnight Arrival

~082: A hidden world