Chapter 13

Riele's POV.

"Knock. Knock. Knock." I knocked with a mounting feeling of fear after hesitating for a long while.

I needed, by all means, to keep the knowledge of my fear thrust firmly within me because my courage to help Dean depended on how successfully my fear is hidden from my consciousness.

I stiffened as I heard a click sound. It was the door, and I saw its knob move. The door opened ajar, and my eyes met the face of Dean's mother. Mrs. Black.

Upon seeing her, my body was immediately wrapped in a blanket of blazing terror, and a hard ache captured my head.

"Who are you?" She asked with furrowed brows, still holding her door.

"I...I..." I stuttered subconsciously.

My heart was beating like a drum, and a wild impulse to turn around and walk away crept into me, but it feels like I was dragged, and thrown into a very dark hole with no way of coming out.

I know damn well the sense I'm feeling, and it's the sense of guilt. I should have come a long time ago.

"Are you OK?" Mrs. Black as