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Chapter 11 - Ch-10 The Breaking Point

Aarav's hand throbbed where the mirror shard had cut deep. Blood ran down his palm, but it didn't look normal anymore. The red was mixing with the black mist, twisting together like smoke and fire.

He dropped the shard, but his skin still pulsed with light—veins crawling faster toward his chest. His breath came short, fast, broken.

The whispers inside the walls didn't stop. They grew louder, sharper, like hundreds of voices screaming at once.

"…Let us out…"

"…Feed us…"

"…Join us…"

Cracks spread across the walls, long and jagged. From inside, the same black hands pushed harder, clawing to break free. Aarav stepped back, eyes wide, but the room was shrinking—walls bending closer, closing in on him.

"No… no, this isn't real," Aarav muttered. His voice shook.

The door slammed shut on its own. The faceless figure was gone, but Aarav felt it. He could feel its presence everywhere—in the floor, in the walls, even in his own chest.

The whispers changed. They weren't random now. They were chanting. His name. Over and over.

Aarav… Aarav… Aarav…

He covered his ears, but the sound was inside his head. The veins burned like fire. He fell to his knees, clutching at his chest as if his heart was about to explode.

The cracks on the walls split wide open. For a split second, Aarav saw faces behind them—pale, hollow-eyed, screaming faces. They weren't human anymore. They were trapped.

And then, the wall finally broke.

A black hand shot out and grabbed Aarav's wrist, pulling him toward the crack. Its grip was ice-cold, stronger than steel. Another hand clawed his shoulder. Another wrapped around his throat.

He struggled, gasping for air, as the voices screamed inside his skull:

"You belong to us."

His vision blurred. The veins reached his heart. His body convulsed, his screams fading into silence.

And then—everything stopped.

The hands let go. The whispers went quiet. The walls froze, cracks still open but unmoving.

Aarav collapsed to the floor, shaking, breathing hard. His eyes darted around the room. It was silent again. Too silent.

And then he realized—

The whispering hadn't stopped.

It was still there. Only now… it was coming from inside him.

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