Bad Dreams

At first, the voices sounded normal. Didn't bother Thea at all. However, when the only red-haired woman called for help in a voice much higher and shrill than the other women, Thea felt her ears tingling. Even the hairs on her neck shiver.

The screams sounded heartbreaking. Thea's heart even ached like it was being sliced. But she didn't know why such pleas for help managed to frighten her.

Thea breathed a sigh of relief after the boat she was in managed to leave the countryside. Thea inhaled the oxygen around her greedily, as if in the few minutes she had passed before, she had deliberately refrained from exhaling or sniffing any air.