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ed to take a step forward, but something cold and unyielding wrapped around my ankle, pulling me down. My

ery walls closing in. It felt as if the house itself were alive, aware of me, wa

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iver of dread crawling across my skin. The shadows seemed t

realized the very air around me felt different, more... suffocating. The whispers were now more than j

e grip on my ankle loosened. T

k room. I wasnt alone. The shadows were watching me, shiftin

ss, distant and strained, but still familiar.

much, too consuming. My head spun, and all I could think about was getting out of this

e handle, it wouldnt budge. I yanked at it, panic flooding my veins, but it was as if the door h

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her into the shadows, the darkness becoming thicker and more oppressive. An

ng, its presence colder than the air around me. A ch

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haunting me, the one who

carrying an ancient weight. It was deep and unearthly, and as it resonated in the dark room, my knees

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in the room dropping to an unbearable chill. His eyes-glowing with an unnatu

far you run, no matter how you fight, the curse will

tricting, tightening around me like a vice. Panic rose in my throat, but before I c

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distance. I was running now, my feet moving on their own, propelled by an instinct I didnt fully understand.

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his voice cutting through the ch

the last. I could barely see him, but I could feel his presen

ooking back toward the growing shadows that

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. Without a word, I raced up the stairs, my footsteps pounding like thunder in t

hed out before me, longer than it should have been. I glance

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d across the hallway. And from its depths, a figure

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