My Infatuation With Death

Chapter 10 : A New Job

Perspective : Conrad Garnier

.................. Inside Conrad's dream ..............

(This isn't)

(Where am I?)

I found myself on a vast snow covered field, snow and snow, as far as the eye could see.

(Yet .... I don't feel any cold)

An ethereal stillness hung in the air. That was when, the silence was broken, by the distant sound of crunching footsteps, growing steadily closer, as I turned, my eyes widened in both fear and fascination.

Emerging from the fog was a black shadow, Its figure morphed and contorted elongating in unnatural ways.

It carried a gleaming knife, with a wicked blade reflecting the moonlight, casting an eerie glow upon the snow, as I ran, the contrast between dark silhouette and luminous surroundings intensified, my sense of danger.

(The hell...)

(Leave me alone)

As, I continued to run, my heart raced and the shadow's feature became more discernible. It's hair was of an otherworldly state of Vibrant green, floated around its face creating an ominous aura.

It looke