Let Me (4)

'It's so dark.' She thought. Even with her eyes wide open, she could see nothing! Not even the outline of an object. She opened her eyes wider as if that would miraculously add more clarity to her vision. She could not even make out the limits of the space that she was in.

She blindly thumped her foot forward but, surprisingly, could not hear the sounds of her own feet.

'Bizarre!' She thought.

Just then, something passed around her peripherals, and she turned around quickly, but there was nothing. Despite this, she knew that something was lurking in the shadows. It was all too surreal, like a realistic dream, but she knew it was not.

'How did I get here? Where am I?' She asked herself while trying hard to remember anything.

With her heart beating so hard, Shelby thought that it would burst out of her chest. She placed her hand on her chest, trying to still it, to no avail.