'Cold... so cold...'
Elijah felt something slithering over his legs, thin, spindly fingers traced his skin. He couldn't move. Couldn't see a single thing.
His heartbeat pounded in his ears, erratic, uneven. The air felt thick, dense with something unseen yet ever-present, waiting. Watching.
'Is this... a dream?'
He knew it was. He had to. But knowing didn't help. Knowing about it didn't woke him up at all.
A flicker of movement in the void. A figure took shape before him.
Golden hair. Golden eyes. A face he once knew.
Dae-hyun.
Blood soaked his body, staining his skin and pooling at his feet.
A jagged, gaping hole marred his throat, the wound wet. The blood did not pour—it simply bubbled, like something still trying to live despite being torn apart.
Dae-hyun's lips curled—not quite a smile, not quite anything at all.