Drugged

After Mark had disappeared off into the distance, Alissa let out a sigh before entering her kitchen. The reason why she went to the kitchen, was so she could wash the cup that Mark had made use of. Having too much dishes to wash isn't a good thing, after all. Not only that, but a cup is quite easy to wash, as long as it's not tainted with a great amount of grease.

Well of course, there's a greater reason for Alissa's act of washing the cup. Apparently, it wasn't just coffee that Alissa had given Mark. Alissa had actually added some drugs in the coffee, which would put Mark to good sleep later.

Her little plan, was to get into Mark's mind while he is soundlessly asleep…

The cause of such a plan of hers, is her inability to enter Mark's mind. He was always fully alerted, he has a strong will, and perhaps he had also gained a greater resistance against mental attacks after the suicidal night. Not only that, but whether he is awake or not, he is always overly cautious. He easily gets alerted whenever he hears or feels something wrong.

Every time Alissa tries to get into his head while he's asleep, he would wake up immediately, which made taking control over his mind impossible for Alissa. After all, the mind defenses are greater whenever it's aware of its surrounding.

Obviously, with Mark's insane mind defenses, Alissa could only give up taking over his mind. The only best time for Alissa to try is when he's asleep, however, even when he's asleep, he's quite alerted. This of course, only leaves Alissa in an endless cycle of failure. She can't meddle with his mind whenever he's awake, and she also do it whenever he's asleep, due to his sensitive and cautious nature that would wake him up whenever she tries to.

Truly, Alissa was hopeless, as she had no way of entering Mark's mind in order to find the answers that she's looking for.

'How am I ever going to get you back, Evan?' She had wondered at that time, after her countless failures.

That's when she came up with one of her brilliant plans. To search for a drug that can put him to deep sleep…

This day, is the day she decided to make use of her substitute plans. She had already succeeded in taking over the body of someone that is decently close to Mark, and now it was time for her to search for the secrets that Mark is keeping from her. Even if she might only able to access his mind for a short minute, she'd take that opportunity, because that opportunity is just what she is in need of…

It didn't take too long for the opportunity to arrive. When Mark came back from his morning jog, he seemed more exhausted than usual. He wasn't panting or anything like that of course. He was just mentally tired…

Because Alissa didn't want Mark to get suspicious and assume that she had drugged him, she made sure to not interact with him when he came back. Unless he goes to her himself, she was not willing to reveal her face to him.

Luckily, Mark did not bother to talk to her at all. After his jog, he went straight towards his home, took a quick shower, and went to bed immediately. As to why Mark wasn't suspicious of Elena, that's because he had every reason to be mentally tired. Mark has been overworking himself with his workouts, he has been having a lot of nightmares, and he has been feeling mentally challenged lately.

Mark believes that all of that is caused by his mental trauma. That's why he had no problem in believing that the problem is himself and not some drug.

But of course, his assumptions are wrong…

When Mark showed no signs of being awake for more than fifteen minutes, Alissa decided to enter his mind. She had already left Elena's body a while ago, when she saw Mark enter his home. Of course, in order to not have her plans ruined, she had made sure to alter Elena's memories.

What Elena remembers, is what Alissa allowed her to see. It is exactly like a memory. Some parts are missing, or can not be remembered very well. The part that Alissa didn't show Elena of course, is obviously the part where she had added drugs into Mark's coffee. It wouldn't make sense for Elena to make Drugged coffee, after all…

"Please work. Please work." Alissa optimistically hoped in front of the sleeping Mark.

She was in her ghostly form at the moment, and could enter Mark's vessel at any time….

That said, she did enter Mark's body. She entered his body right after wishing herself good luck, and be as it may, she did find good luck.

Apparently, she succeeded in entering Mark's consciousness!

The thing though, is that there was something strange about his consciousness. What Alissa had to experience upon entering Mark's consciousness, was completely different to the experience that she had with her previous victims…