Chapter Nine

The continued sound of tapping causes me to stir in my sleep, I shake my head and roll to the side in hopes of dismissing the sound where I could fall back to sleep. But now I had given the sound my attention in the beginning, the tapping only intensified and made the idea of sleep simply leave my mind.

I slowly open my eyes; the bedroom was still dark which told me it was most likely extremely late in the night. I begin to scan the section of the room which I could see from where I was facing, but the bedroom door was still closed, and nothing seemed to be out of place to make that noise.

I stay in the same position for a second in hopes I would be able to hear what was making the noise without looking, the thought of turning over and seeing something terrifying consumed my mind. I begin to listen more closely; the sound was very persistent like it knew I had woken up and was just attempting to ignore it.

The sound only got that much more terrifying when I figured out what was bei