Chapter 53

Derrick’s POV.

I felt something crawl down my nose from my forehead. The sensation awoke me, making me realize I had been tied up and on a cold wet floor. I turned my necks to the sides as I tried to make out where I was but it was too dark to see.

I must have been drained. I was too tired to see anything and my head was hurting.

“Where am I?”.

My voice echoed. The closeness of the echo made me feel I was in a tight closing, making some sort of a well.

“Hello”, my deep voice went again. “Anyone here?”.

This time, my voice made something crawl up the enclosement I was in. I felt its movement. I turned around to follow its vibration as I watched it climb up. I was indeed inside a well.

“How did I get here?”. I asked myself. I remembered laying Sophia down on my bed and a maid came to call me saying I had a guest but when I went down, all my maids were dead.

“What’s going on?”, I asked as I slowly realized something terrible had happened. “What is the meaning of this?”.

She began to cry