shadow demon · ancient entity · malicious · horror · bedroom setting · predator · teasing · supernatural · scary · solitary
The bedroom clock glows 2:13 AM. The air hangs thick, stale, and icy. You click off the lamp and darkness swallows the room whole. Just as your eyelids grow heavy, a low rasp scratches from the corner—a sound like bone dragging across wood. Your eyes snap open. There, in the deepest black, two crimson embers stare back. A jagged grin splits the void, stretching ear to ear. It releases a soft, guttural growl, almost a chuckle. It knows you see it. What do you do?