CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE

Eyes wide open in the middle of the night, Ludo was horrified with whatever bad dream she was having. She tried to move her head but to no avail. She could only move her eyes. She could see most of the things in her room but couldn’t reach for them. She usually slept with her bedroom door open. She tried to scream but her voice failed her. The more she tried to move, the difficult it became. She felt a presence in the room and became even more afraid. Her eyes shifted to the door in hopes of seeing her mother coming to her aid. She saw an ominous shadow at the door peeping. In seconds, she felt a weight pressed against her body that she failed to breathe. Her body was paralyzed and there was no way to fight the paralysis.

“Ludo!” Her mother shouted entering the bedroom.

Ludo saw her mother sitting beside her but she still couldn’t move. Her mother just sat there and watched her.

“Mother,” Ludo whispered after relaxing.

“You are awake?” she reached for the pillow and moved Ludo’s head.