The ring trembles [1]

It almost felt as if time had stopped. 

Ivan's breath caught at his throat as his eyes involuntarily trembled. 

'W,what?' 

An unfamiliar yet familiar feeling crept up down his back, forcing the hair on his body to rise. The feeling was something he had felt before but had started to forget with the passing of time. 

He thought he'd never feel it again, and yet...

Gulp. 

His stomach started to churn and his palms started to grow sweaty. 

'...W-what is going on?' 

Despite Ivan's best attempts at trying to remain calm, he couldn't. 

The faceless figure beside him seemed to strip away all sense of rationality from within him. 

"You look nervous." 

His ears tickled at the sound of the voice. The tone was soft, and yet, it made Ivan's legs buckle faintly. 

'How is this possible?' 

This made no sense at all.