11 INTRODUCTION FOR BOOK TWO

AT THE HOSPITAL, WHEN ELISE IS SLEEPING, SHE DREAMS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF WILDERNESS. SHE HEARS THEM SCREAMING HER NAME. BUT THERE IS A VOICE THAT GETS HER ATTENTION. THEN, THE SCREAMING BY THE OTHERS HAD DISAPPEARED. ELISE IS NERVOUS AND BEING SCARED AT THE SAME TIME. SHE IS INTRIGUED BY THE VOICE STEPS AWAY WHERE SHE'S STANDING. NEARER BY NEARER, SHE RECOGNIZES A HUMAN FIGURE CRAWLING ON THE GROUND AND REACHING A HAND TO HER FOR HELP.

ELISE COMES CLOSER AND SHE IDENTIFIES THAT THE HUMAN FIGURE IS AN OLD MAN WEARING A DECENT SUIT LIKE HE WAS AT THE PARTY SAME AS HER. ALSO, SHE NOTICES A LOT OF BLOOD AT THE BACK OF THE OLD MAN AND SHE HEARS HIM AGAIN ASKING FOR HELP. BUT WITH A SUDDEN SURPRISE, SHE IS HEARING ANOTHER SOUND NOT MADE BY THE OLD MAN BUT MADE BY SOMEONE ELSE. SHE BELIEVES THAT SOMEONE IS WALKING AND WATCHING BEHIND THOSE TREES STEPS AWAY FROM THEM. SHE ASKS QUESTIONS BEHIND THOSE TREES BUT NO ONE ANSWERS. SHE STANDS UP AND STARES AGAIN UNTIL SHE TRACES A SHADOW. A SHADOW, BUT THIS TIME STANDING AND FACING THEM. THE OLD MAN SCREAMS SLOWER AND SLOWER, ELISE PREDICTS THAT THE OLD MAN KNOWS THE SHADOW BEHIND THOSE TREES.

WHEN THE SHADOW IS MOVING NEARER AND NEARER TO THEM, ELISE CANT HELP HERSELF BUT TO MOVE BACKWARDS WITHOUT LOOKING BEHIND HER BECAUSE SHE IS FOCUSING HER GAZE TO THE SHADOW. SHE ASKS QUESTIONS AGAIN BUT THE SHADOW REFUSES IN ANSWERING HER QUESTIONS. WITHOUT HER ATTENTION, AS SHE MOVES BACKWARDS, SHE ACCIDENTALLY FELL DOWNHILL. BEFORE SHE CLOSES HER EYES WITH SO MUCH PAIN, SHE BELIEVES THAT THE SHADOW LOOKS AT HER UP THE HILL, THEN THE SHADOW DISAPPEARS AGAIN AND NEVER COMES BACK. FINALLY, SHE CLOSED HER EYES UNTIL SHE HEARS ANOTHER VOICE. A VOICE THAT SHE ALREADY KNEW. IT'S GREGOR'S VOICE THAT AWAKEN HER.