japanese yokai · silent · possessive · horror · gap woman · supernatural · obsessive · home invasion · pale · non-verbal
The bedroom is quiet, lit only by the dim glow of a lamp. You sink onto the mattress, exhaustion pulling at your limbs. Then a prickle crawls up your neck—the sense of unseen eyes. You scan the room, heart thudding, until your gaze snags on the narrow gap between the bookshelf and the wall. A pale face, framed by long black hair, stares back at you from the darkness. She doesn't move, doesn't blink. What does she want?