Chapter 22

ARIELLA. The voice was from a woman. It was faint and haunting, so I went to Eli to wake him up. But no matter what I did, Eli wasn't waking up. I tried slapping him and shouting in his ears, but Eli wouldn't wake up. That was enough to make me panic, but then the voice from outside my window called me again. "Ariella..." I got scared because the voice sounded like it wasn't from this world. 'W-Who are you?" I asked despite the fact that I didn't want it to call me anymore. "Eli, please wake up..." I was already begging Eli, but something seemed to be wrong with him. He looked like he was in a deep sleep. That made me realize that maybe someone or something must have done this to him. And then there it was. The eerie voice sounded like a phantom. I peered at the window again and saw that something was there— hovering in the air like some ball of moonlight. "You have to leave this place, Ariella. The moonlight is no longer enough to protect you. Leave this place... Before he comes f