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ANOTHER NIGHTMARE
Gasping, I wake up from yet another bad dream. My heart pounds like a hammer beneath my chest.
They shift beside me. “Another nightmare, My Love?” They ask, running a soothing hand through my hair.
I nod at them slowly and whisper back in the dark, “It’s okay now, Love. I’m fine. You should go back to sleep.”
They smile softly. “Are you sure?”
I nod again and watch them drifting off back to sleep.
Eyes still fixed on them, watching their chest heaving, my fingers grope for the gun in my drawer.
Who was this stranger on my bed?
Amian Bent is a writer in her mid-20s and currently pursuing a Master’s in English. As a passionate enjoyer of works of fiction, she has dipped her toes into many forms of writing, which includes poetry, short fiction, and long forms of fiction as well. Currently she is working on her novel which she hopes to publish in the near future. When not writing, she enjoys kicking back with a book or some music.
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