My Alpha ~ Levi x Reader

Chapter 96: Return of the Devil

I stood in silence, gazing at the door where she disappeared with a blank face.

Ziahra? I tried calling out.

.....no response. Of course.

The towel around my body was slowly but surely slipping, and I quickly fixed it before it was too late. My thoughts were racing as I stared at the mirror. At myself.

All this time, there was a thought and the belief that the little bloody girl was just someone that looked and sounded like me. Deep down, I had been trying to convince myself that... it wasn't me.

But seeing how quickly and naturally she responded to my name being called out, I was forced to accept the fact that she really is me. No, was me.

Ever since I first saw her, there was only one question that crossed my mind.

'Who did the little girl murder?'

But now... after today's events, it's changed. If the little girl really is a vision or a glimpse of my past self, then the question turns into a more horrifying one.

One that made me look down at my clean hands, my mind beginning to make me see red on them.

'Did I.... kill someone when I was a child?'

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The day continued with the thought embedded into my head. Meals and conversations with anyone was a blur, ending as soon as it began, with me being unable to recall anything we had talked about.

Somewhere in the afternoon, I remember sitting on a chair outside while staring blankly at the yard as I dove deep in my thoughts. Annie came to me with her phone ringing too loudly for my liking, and told me that Levi was calling.

Given any other time, I would've been more than happy to talk to him. But at that moment, I was so shocked and lost that I couldn't bring myself to speak to him. So I rejected his wish to talk and continued dwelling on the ominous question.

After that, I remember Annie trying to talk to me and ask me what was wrong, and to be honest, I can barely remember a single thing she said. Dr. Joy then came to give it a shot as well, undoubtedly failing miserably like the person before her.

It wasn't that I was purposely doing this. The world in my eyes was blurry, confusing and so foggy right now. I can't concentrate on anything. I can't keep up a conversation. I can't think about anything else than the thought of the possibility of me having have murdered someone years ago.

It was almost as if my brain stopped working properly. The train stopped moving; the rails ahead destroyed. I can't fix it. Levi can't fix it. Annie can't fix it. And Dr. Joy can't fix it either.

But I knew there was someone that could, I thought as I watched the blazing sun set on the horizon. I eagerly awaited the night and her promise, swiftly downing my food when it was given and immediately retreating to my quarters afterwards, ignoring the concerned faces of the others.

I used the toilet, brushed my teeth and prepared myself for bed. My back laid comfortably on the soft mattress as I pulled my blanket over my body while staring at the ceiling of my room.

My senses were in hyperdrive from anticipation, but I forced myself to close my eyes and wait for the familiar wave of darkness to bring me to sleep, and to take me to the place she had promised.

I don't know exactly when I drifted off to sleep, but when I opened my eyes again, I was there. Standing a few meters away from the large pond of water and clad in the same silky white gown that was too long for me.