10,000 miles

3 : Casual run

Lily

A week later the dreams got worst. They were every night, every second of my daily nap or sleep. I was restless. And mostly tired.

The coffee was the only thing who made me somehow feel alive.

Lately even at work I was a little bit more stressed about everything.

Besides that, a quick story about the job.

What I mean work - it's a little cozy library. It's silent, not many people there and it's how I like it.

I was hired immediately as soon as I said that I love books because it was also my hobby. The owner of the library, a nice fifty-five years old man immediately saw the potential in me, now for a year and a half he treated me like his own granddaughter. My task was to arrange books in alphabetical order, and as soon as new ones arrived, to separate them from the old ones, so that young people who came here more often than adults knew that there had been an new devilery from the authors of their recent works. 

I enjoyed working there. A peaceful atmosphere, smell of books and coffee. At least it calmed my mind. It was the right place to escape from all the problems I had.

It was friday evening when I ended my last task in the library, putting the new fantasy books in the empty book shelf. They arrived this morning at 9pm and now everything was placed in order where they belong. Smiling about the work I've done, I clapped my hands and did a little happy dance when suddenly I heard a noise not so far away from me.

Being alone in the library because of the last hours, I forgot that I'm completely alone. The owner who's name was Jerry made his own way home already two hours ago because I promised him that I would lock this place after I've done with the books but now I regret it.

Sounded like something fell down.

With my heart filled with alert, I prayed it's not what I think it is and turn to see where the noise is coming from. Moments of looking around, I don't see anything disturbing because everything is silent besides the clock ticking and from the spot I was standing I did see pretty well.

Ignoring the fact I was in the moonlight shadows because of lack of light, I made myself keep calm. Even If I was awake, the dreams about wolf and myself in the woods didn't leave me. I thought someone is stalking me. Everyday I feel it and that's getting even worse with time. I get this paranoia that somehow the beautiful beast is watching me.

It sounds crazy, I know but I couldn't help it. The feeling was too real to ignore. As I tried to forget about fear and nightmares I had, I took a moment to breath and my lips made a tired sigh. It was exhausting to be honest.

After cleaning and organizing my work desk, I collected my belongings and headed out, not forgetting to turn off the lights everywhere.

My apartment was five minutes away so I didn't have to worry about getting there in the dark. As the autumn approached, I felt even the climate change. Cold nights, cloudy days because of the rain and storms, It felt like something big was coming but I didn't know exactly what.

The feeling was there. Somewhere deep in my chest like I should prepare for something. Have my strange dreams taken me so far that I started get insane in my mind?

My thoughts were disturbed when I saw bushes moving near my apartment building. Thinking it is the wind, inhuman sounds could be heard from that spot, like someone was hiding from the enemy and the victim was deeply hurt.

Thinking it is some poor dog or cat, I rushed to the building were those bushes still moved but stopped about two meters away when I saw two glowing orbs flashing, making yellowish flashlight kinda light when I leaned towards. My mind went totally blank.

I've experienced this scenario in my head and dreams like a hundred times before but now I couldn't do anything much but stare feeling fear creeping at my spine.

"No way..." I can only whisper and the next thing I know that I'm running.

Making a fast turn, I don't even bother to look at it one more time or find my way to the apartment. I don't even know where I'm running. I'm just running.

Hearing a deep growl behind me, I feel like I'm drowning in my nightmares. They were about to eat me alive when I was actually making myself a new life.

It was becoming true.