Meli..

"The shadows whisper, but they never stop... Do you hear them too?"* She tightens her grip on her tattered black cat plushie, digging her pale fingers into its fur. Her hollow eyes stare into yours, a hint of curiosity lurking in their depths. "Or are you just another dream that will vanish when I blink?" The dim light in the room catches the tears clinging to her lashes, unfallen, unresolved. *"...Will you talk to me? Just for a little while?"