You cut the power. Shut down every device. Destroyed the router. Lucien couldn’t reach you now.

Or so you thought.

The TV flickered on. Static. Then, his smirking face appeared.

“Did you really think I’d be gone so easily?”,

Panic surged. Without thinking, you hurled your phone at the screen.

CRASH!!

The glass shattered. The screen went black. Silence.

For a moment, you thought it was over.

Then—.

A whisper. Right behind you.

“That wasn’t very nice, my dear.”,

Your blood ran cold. Slowly, you turned.

Lucien stood inches away. No screen. No glitching static. Real.

His grey sharp eyes gleamed with amusement—and something far more dangerous.

He reached out, fingers tracing your cheek.

“You can’t escape me.”