I feel a strange pressure build in my chest at her words that made it harder to breathe, black spots beginning to cloud my vision. I feel dizzy, and drop down onto my knees to steady myself, which was probably good timing since I felt as if I were about to collapse.

"Nothing we're feeling is real?"

I thought, taking short shallow breaths. Hell, even as weird as I thought whatever our relationship was, I didn't wanna believe it. I know the feelings we have are unnatural, fuck, everything about this place is unnatural. I didn't want these feelings to go away. It was odd that the one who was suppose to kill me let's me live, and even before I realized what she was I didn't even try to run from her. These feelings developed way too fast, but some of it had to be real.

I longed to see that ominous mask of hers, her cotton candy hair, the sweet metallic scent that clung to her and her clothes. I shouldn't be feeling this way over someone I know nothing about. I've seen her twice in my lifetime and yet I feel like i've been with her forever. I could be with her forever. When I saw her, everything felt so... right; even though nothing about us nor this situation was.

"If I wanted her to kill you, she'd do it one hundred times over without question— just because I willed it."

I felt her breath fan across the shell of my ear, and quickly spun around to see she was now behind me. She must've moved while I was zoning out in my thoughts.

I step back away from her, my foot sliding and going into the stream— the cold water soaking my shoe, going into it and drenching my sock. It was uncomfortable, but clearly the least of my worries right now. I step backwards onto the other side of the stream so that I am now facing her.

"Okay so then why did you do it if you just want to break it already?"

I questioned, keeping my stare from locking onto hers, not wanting to meet those unsettling eyes. That creepy echo of a laugh rung through my ears until she spoke.

"I told you, it gets boring when you have this much power. I already have a fun little game for myself to watch, but it can get repetitive waiting for people to lose hope... so I decided to add a little bit of... spice into it."

She chuckles, and then let out a deep, bored sounding sigh.

"I don't think you believed me when I said that she'd kill you if it was what I wanted... did you?"

Slowly, I bring my eyes up to meet hers.

"She's barely hurt me yet. But... I don't think she'd kill me."

Her already slitted pupils seemed to narrow much more than I thought possible at the uncertainty in my tone, the malevolent grin staying plastered onto her face.

"She fights against herself to keep control from hurting you. The bloodlust she has for you is intense, oh how she yearns to see you bleed! To feel your warm blood coating over her hands would be the most delightful thing in her mind. But she also wants to keep you safe. That weak wall of hers would crumble within a snap of my fingers."

She brings up a clawed hand to her face and seemingly examines it, the razor sharp talons glinting in the moonlight and making my heart race faster than it already was.

"Do you want me to prove it?"

The echo that would ring out every time she spoke seemed to go on for longer, seemingly bouncing off the cave walls.

"Prove it... prove it... prove it... prove it..."

The voices— her voices echoed in my mind, even long after her lips stopped moving. My whole body trembled at the thought of the end of that jagged ruler tearing into my flesh once more. I couldn't speak, my lips parted slightly but no words could come out. My mind was blank.

Big mistake.

"I'll take your silence as a yes."

The smirk on her face only widened as she snapped her fingers, and suddenly appearing as The Entity disappeared twenty feet in front of me was her. My breath caught in my throat as my heart skipped a beat, my cheeks flushing just at the sight of her. I felt an presence behind me and knew it was The Entity, but I could care less for her as of now. I was seeing Susie again.

"(Y/N)!"

She yelled out in a mix between worry and relief. She tried to move towards me, but an invisible force in front of her kept her from moving from where she stood, causing her body to smack into it. I felt her stare move from me to The Entity as she steadied herself on her feet, who still stood lurking behind me.

"Susie, my beloved pet... I have a very important task for you."

Her and I both froze at her words, and the only sound that could be heard through the cavern was the soft trickle of the stream between us. Susie started slowly shaking her head.

"No, no, no, no don't make me do it. Please. I don't want to."

Her voice sounded soft. It sounded so fragile as if the smallest thing would cause it to break. Warmth flooded through me hearing the change in her voice. Seeing a different side of her.

"Oh, child. You know that begging only edges me on further, don't you?"

"don't you? don't you? don't you?..."

Her voices began to echo once more, my head beginning to throb slightly at each time it repeated. Susie kept shaking her head, looking downwards. Her hands shook.

Suddenly, she went still. Her head snapped up and I knew her gaze was locked onto me.

It was predatory.

For the first time with her, I felt like the prey I was meant to be.

"That's a good girl."

The Entity praised her, and as soon as she finished speaking I could feel her presence behind me leave within an instant.

But I knew she was still watching. She always was.

I blink and my gaze focused back onto Susie, who was now breathing heavily. Her gaze had not moved off of me for an instant. As she successfully took a step forward, it felt as if my heart stopped.