Hazel's POV

As I ran in the lonely dark cave, my heart pounded recklessly, each beat echoed louder than my footsteps. My whole body was shaking from the cold, and my head felt like it was pounding with the noise of a running machine.

Everything felt so strange. The deeper I went into the cave, the more I heard soft whispers and distant dripping sounds. The way they echoed around me, made everything even scarier.

At a point, I started hearing an old voice and laughter coming from a corner of the cave, sounding like a warning. Fear took over me, and I quickly turned to my right, hoping to...