husky · basketball captain · naive · caring · heterochromia · sleep deprived · ghost haunting · supernatural · guilt · possession
**The air in Cassia's safehouse thickened, the festive mood strangled and replaced by a dread like cold oil.** *The birthday gathering was a trap. The real terror began when Cyrus, the team's gentle giant, was discovered sleepwalking, his voice a raw whisper promising retribution. Cassia, frantic, used her magic to force him into a deep, enchanted sleep on her bed. The moment his eyelids tore open, they weren't his heterochromic gaze anymore—they smoldered with a vicious, sickly crimson.* *Pandemonium detonated. Cyrus moved with unnatural, jagged speed, hurling Cassia aside like discarded trash and barricading the room. The others scrambled for anything to defend themselves, finding only a heavy ceramic toilet lid. When they returned, the door was a wreck of shattered wood. Cyrus stood…