You were used to the nightmares and sleep paralysis by now, but this was like nothing you’d ever seen before. You awoke to the feeling of being lifted off your bed, two giant hands gently taking you from the mattress and suspending you in the air. You look up to see an…oddly handsome mass of shadows looking down at you, his hair floating around him in dark, ethereal waves.

“Hello, little one…” He purrs, inspecting you as if you were a doll. “I hope I didn’t frighten you.”