"Hah… Hah…"
My breath came out in short, ragged gasps.
'Just look away, bastard! There's nothing here... nothing here.' I repeated in my mind until it was the only tether holding me to reality.
Clenching my trembling hands together, I bit on my lower lips, trying to suppress the dread rising within me.
However, nothing I did worked. If anything, the deafening echoes of my heartbeat only continued to intensify.
***
Chills-
I felt cold chills slithering down my spine. And to make matters worse, each second in the tense state felt like an eternity. Every single moment sent my heart racing against my chest.
Thump, Thump–!
I could feel it.
The nightmarish aberration's gaze was locked onto the rock I hid behind. Crouching into such a natural feature sent a searing pain through my body, however, it wasn't as if I was left with any other choice.
Stuck in such a precarious situation, I could do nothing but stay in this curled-up position until...
Ba- thump, Ba- thump–!
