A breath sounded, perilously close!
Daniel fixed his gaze steadily ahead, a palpable awareness engulfing him that the dark figure was standing right beside his bed, no more than a meter away.
He could even feel a cold breath slowly overshadowing him, a foul, rotten smell permeating with each inhalation.
This scent was dissimilar to any monster he had encountered before.
Without a doubt, this shadow before him was a beast of nightmare origins.
Doubts swarmed in Daniel's mind, "Why has it stopped?"
"Why hasn't it attacked yet, what is it waiting for?"
"Could it be waiting for some trigger to initiate an assault, just like Atelarxus?"
In the pitch-black room, a tense standoff ensued between Daniel and the mysterious shadow.
The surrounding silence was almost terrifying, the distinct sound of two faint breaths reverberated clearly – one calm, the other labored.
Daniel's mind raced, "What does it want?"
