《Kindred》Chapter 33 - The Demon With Miss's Face
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No... Stay away! Stay away from me! Guhaaa...
AAaah! Run... Ruuun!
Demon... Demon!
Shrieks of pain and screams of fear invade my ears.
Fresh blood has dyed my hair red.
The smell of burning flesh in the air makes me nauseous.
I watch the bandits run.
They run for their lives.
They are running away.
Running away from the demon.
Don't come... Stay away... Spare me...
The Demon slowly walks towards one of the bandits.
The bandit tries to escape.
However, no matter where he escapes, the Demon is always behind him.
Like a cougar, stalking its prey.
The bandit hides behind a boulder, the Demon stalks him from top of the boulder.
The bandit hides in the trees, the Demon stalks him from the ground.
The bandit hides in the river, the Demon patiently stalks from the shore.
Finally, the Demon quickly moves towards the bandit and stabs his chest.
Before the bandit could register what was happening, the Demon was already feasting on his heart.
After the Demon finishes eating the bandit's heart, it turns towards me.
No... Don't come.
Stay away from me!
Help me...
Miss... Help me...
Miss?...
I notice the Demon's face.
It looks exactly just like Miss's.
Then, the Demon with Miss's face leaps towards me.
No-!
"Suuuu...!" I wake up. My body is sweating, I have tear in my eye, my breathing is rough, and there's a puddle underneath me.
"A, awuu..." I exclaim both in relief and disappointment.
Relief of that Demon being only a dream.
And disappointment of wetting myself.
After rubbing my eye, I get up from the bed-
Bed?
... Where is this place?
I look around my surroundings.
There's a small bed I was lying on, a bedside table and two small windows.
It looks really empty.
I don't recognize this room.
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Not knowing what to do, I begin taking off the wet bed sheet.
I don't want anyone to see that...
......
I took off the bed sheet, but now what?
My clothes are also wet and there's no change of clothes.
I can't go outside like this...
If Miss saw me-
- The door opens, Sophia walks in.
"... Awuuu..." I sigh.
"Latifa, are you okay?" Sophia asks me worriedly.
"Awu..." I look down in embarrassment.
Sophia looks at me.
"Did you have a nightmare?" She asks me.
I nod slowly.
"Were you afraid? Don't worry, I am here." She says while crouching down to me.
She then embraces me tightly.
W- what are you doing, Sophia?!
I'm sweaty and, and...
"Let's go take a bath." She says.
"Awuu..." I nod slowly.
"Latifa, are you awake?" Then, Miss walks in.
"You are awake!" Miss happily shouts and runs towards.
I look at Miss happily running towards me.
Sigh... It was just a dream after all-
I quickly dodge Miss's embrace and hide behind Sophia.
My body is shivering in fear.
"La, Latifa?" Miss exclaims while looking at me in surprise.
From that moment, I am unable to see Miss's face anymore.
All I see when I look at Miss's face now... is a Demon.
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