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.

the past… I won’t delve

hear some commotion below and shake my head as I lock the door and walk to the bathroom to

‘Don’t test me…”

repeat in my mind, and I

does that even

of how he was holding me… the way

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

Focus…

almost pitch black, as

no electricity doesn’t matter when I can see

I rinse off, trying to calm the emotions in my

is bad news, and maybe he was staying here before

here. Maybe I should look for another place. There

dark cloud settling above me.

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and see if I can get my deposit back and

that I’m so desperately trying to run

time, why is the thought of leaving making

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 and a Ms Simmon, who lives

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

snapping to the open door behind me. I swear I heard