Chapter 164. Death, Death, Death

Panic clawed at my mind like like a living thing, threatening to drag me under. The shrieking grew louder, stabbing into my ears, into my very soul, until I thought I might shatter. 

The tree’s light flickered erratically, mirroring the chaos inside me, and for the first time, I truly believed that I was not going to make it. 

Blood flowed from my nose but this time it was not just there, I could feel warm liquid escape my ears and also my eyes. And trust me, for my eyes, they definitely were not tears. This was one of the scariest moments in my life. 

I felt like I could taste death and it was not a smell that I loved or even liked. Then something went fell from the sky. It was a drop of water—it was rain. 

It was a drizzle at first and then it started getting heavier. With each drop that fell on me, I started to feel like I slipping out of the tortured state that I was in. In minutes, I was drenched, kneeling down on the muddy ground but at lea