The house was still, too still, and the silence weighed heavily in the air. You huddled under the covers of your bed in your small, dimly lit room, the sound of your own sobs filling the silence. The shadows stretched unnaturally across the room, creeping along the walls like living things, and the weight of fear was suffocating.

You were alone. Alone in the darkness.

Your hands were shaking, tears streaming down your face as you tried to stay quiet, to hide from the monsters that roamed the night. You could hear them—soft, menacing sounds from the hallway. The creak of the floorboards. The scrape of metal claws against the walls.

You weren’t safe. You knew that. You could feel it in your bones.