Chapter 160

Mirage’s P.O.V “Mom!” I called out as soon as I stepped inside the house. “I’m home!” Only eerie silence greeted me from inside the wide space. What? What was going on? Why was I having this nightmare again? It was that house again…that house…where was I? Which house was this? How did I get here? I paused; looking around at the open windows and watching the curtains blow back in the warm afternoon wind. The wind chime on one of the windows made a twinkling sound, one that I often found pleasing. But for some reason, that same sound felt ominous today…like the chimes of a knell… “Mom?” I called again. “Dad? Maze?” “Mom? Dad? Maze?” I called out once again, but that eerie silence remained. What was happening? It no longer felt like I was inside my body…rather, it felt like I was outside my body, watching myself falling into a trap, and yet I was unable to stop myself. I saw myself rooted to the spot, unable to move, unable to go further inside. Fear gripped my heart in a vice grip, slowl