Waking Nightmare

Cora’s POV

I was on the bed.

The room was dark, and for a moment I did not understand where I was or how I got there. My back pressed into the mattress as I slowly moved away, inch by inch, dragging the sheet with me as if it could protect me.

Then a voice cut through the darkness.

“You thought you could escape me.”

My body locked up.

I lifted my head, my eyes straining to see, and he stepped clos