28. Vision

Caterina

There’re flames everywhere, and I hear the distinct sounds of bones being mangled and crushed between a powerful set of jaws.

Screams, blended with the smell of blood, fear, and death, had me feeling dizzy. I walk towards the sound of a woman screaming, but suddenly I hear her heart stop beating and froze in place.

Where the hell am I?

I glance around the room, feeling nostalgic, but it is when my eyes land on the chandelier that I realise where I am: Volkov Mansion.

This must be a dream, because the mansion is in immaculate condition with no traces of a past fire having broken out. Swallowing hard, I wander further inside to where the stink of death is more palpable.

Why am I dreaming this, though? Is it supposed to be an omen of some sort?

Another scream pierced the air, and then I could hear whimpering. Naturally, my curious, foolish self runs towards the sound, but what I see shakes me to my core;