STORY "Y", CHAPTER 3, 10:45 PM

Yulia sat perched on the windowsill, the city of Lisbon spread out before her in the darkness. The warm breeze carried the sounds of the night through the open window, the distant laughter and music of the locals. Her mind wandered back to the events of the day. The mysterious knocking, the black cat, the feeling of being watched. All of it left her with an uneasy feeling, as if she was caught in the middle of something she couldn't quite grasp. She wore a black body, a small act of rebellion against the heat and the expectations of the world around her. She felt both exposed and hidden at the same time, a contradiction that mirrored her current state of mind. As she sat there in the dark...View all