The Beast's Ugly Wife
To my dismay, he picked up the spoon without seeming to suspect anything and put the first portion in his mouth, followed by several more, without anything seeming to be wrong…
Until he coughed once. And again. And again. So many times that he finally got up from the table.
And when I saw there was blood on the hand he was using to cover his mouth, I started screaming.
In my dream, I leaped toward him, but all I managed to do was fall to the floor when I threw myself out of bed while still asleep. Damn, my eyes hadn't even fully opened yet, but I unwrapped myself from the covers as fast as I could, not even remembering that I was still wearing my nightgown when I slammed my bedroom door open