Dark Muse

Chapter 97 Christianna

Chapter ninety-seven

Christianna

Track down the stalker. He must be found.

Hunt out the voyeur who runs to ground.

Too long he’s watched her. Now revealed,

A phantom predator, unmasked, unsealed.

Who is this monster, this watching beast,

Lurking in shadow, waiting to feast?

This ravening thing will be brought to its final rest.

I breathe deeply as the lyrics wrap around me, the cadence blurring into a low, relentless chant.

Treble’s head moves to my hip, and Bass moves to press into the back of my legs.

Somewhere beyond the walls, the hunt continues.

It isn’t mine.

I fall asleep knowing I don’t have to stay awake to be safe.