Blood Orchid

Endless darkness swallowed me.

“Help me.” That soul-corroding, bone-deep pain came over me again.

There was only empty darkness. Even sound was swallowed up, and I didn’t even know if I had cried out.

A clap of thunder jolted me awake from the nightmare. I opened my eyes, drenched in cold sweat once again.

The night wind slipped in through the cracks around the doors and windows, carrying the smell of rain-soaked earth. I opened my eyes helplessly and spread out my limbs, quietly waiting to get through this endless night.

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