Chapter 18. My Precious

It was a Monday evening, and I was in the library again, engrossed in the book I had found earlier. There was so much to discover, but there was too little time. I had gone online to research about Orion, but there was not much information about them on the internet, definitely not as much as was written in that journal. Whoever had compiled those articles had intimate knowledge of the cult. I had brought a notepad to jot down some important information. So that night, when the library guard was getting ready to change shifts, I returned the book and left the library. It was a quarter past 7 pm when I made my way towards the hostel, and I tried to be extra careful to avoid bumping into anyone I did not want to see. 

“My Precious,” A voice whispered from behind me. I froze in my tracks and slowly turned around to see the person I dreaded the most, my legs felt frozen to the spot, and I could not move, let alone breathe. 

“Leo, w-what are you doing here?” I hated