Neera could hear her heart beating fast against her chest as she drenched in her own sweat. She looked around the room, checking to see if there was someone in there who had lit the candles, but there was no one.
The windows were opened and a cool breeze moved the curtains. Neera walked to it and quickly closed the windows and her eyes turned back to the candles. She stared at them for a while before she walked to the table.
She remembered putting them off before she slept. She was sure about that, so how did they come back on?
Neera was pale with fear as she stared at the candles. She wanted to turn them off, but she was scared of the darkness, so she crept back into her bed and covered herself with her duvet. Her eyes were crystal clear as she was unable to sleep again, the events of the night crawling up her skin.
