I Am The Luna

Chapter 0348

VALERIE.

My heart thunders as I look around the apartment. Did the generator’s fuse blow?

I have half an urge to open the door and to look down below to see if someone’s going to do something about it, but not after what just happened with Zade.

I look around. Flashes of the night when I was attacked in my apartment years ago return to me again, playing like a movie at the forefront of my mind.

It’s a trauma I never got over, something that cost me years of my life. I could have died… I still have the scars on my scalp where I had been bludgeoned.

I may be a doctor. I’ve seen things at hospitals that make my stomach churn, things I will not forget, but being in that situation is different…

Zade’s face comes into my mind, and oddly, I’m pulled from my train of thought. I inhale and exhale slowly, running my hand through my hair shakily.

past… I won’t delve into

lock the door and walk to the bathroom to rinse the coffee off my

‘Don’t test me…”

my mind, and I frown

does that even mean?

somersaults at the thought of how he was holding me… the way he was

eyes, placing my hand on my chest as I slowly sit on the edge of the tub, swinging my legs

Focus…

pitch black, as the window

having no electricity doesn’t

as I rinse off, trying

bad news, and maybe he was

Maybe I should look for another place. There

dark cloud settling above

+15 BONUS

the landlord tomorrow and see if I can get my deposit back and I frown, my

has Zade done that I’m so

time, why is the thought of

mean, it’s not that I don’t want to leave, I just… I like the environment in this area. Even now, as they try to get the power back up, I can hear people talking, making sure the elder man on the bottom floor is alright

not alone here, even if I’m alone in my apartment… I’m not alone… I’m-

the open door behind me. I swear I heard something….