Chapter 34

My breath ceased and my body tensed as i heard the loud but soft creak my door makes any time it's being opened.

"Ren. Are you asleep? "

The soft sound of Elizabeth's voice bounced on the walls as she not so silently barged in without even waiting for the answer to her request.

"No. " I answered anyway relieved at some sort of distraction from my reverie . At times like this it's normal for one to not have a piece of mind since apparently there's a maniac on the loose who seems to put the guy from the Saw movies to shame .

"It's too quiet. I can't be left alone with my thoughts."

I honestly expected her to come sooner, God knows if she hadn't arrived a minute later I would be the one sneaking into her room and trudging in.

I lifted a part of my duvet aside as an invitation and reached out to turn on my string of lights.