Chapter 2

Lily, a civil servant with a scheduled structured life, who starts experiencing strange things happening after Kevin unknowingly triggers the curse or u can say spell. Her quiet days turned into chaos as visions and supernatural powers that created a huge difference in her regular routine.

She always believed in living simple life. Her morning routine was the same as every day: alarm at 6:30 AM, tea instead of coffee, a perfectly portioned breakfast, and a brisk walk to work at the City Planning Office. She liked it that way.

Her life was totally normal.Organized and Manageable.

So when she was having a cup of tea it suddenly get's shattered on its own while sitting on the counter, she froze, unsure how to the process at the sight of broken cup which was scattered everywhere.

“Earthquake?” she muttered, though she hadn’t felt any tremors. Carefully, she starts to clean it up, her hands were trembling slightly.

Her phone buzzed on the table. Grateful for the distraction, she grabbed it.

Emily: Don’t forget dinner tonight. 7 PM! No excuses.

Lily smiled faintly. Emily is her best friend and self-appointed personal manager, always trying to pry her out of her introvert shell.

Lily: Wouldn’t miss it.

Sliding her phone into her bag, Lily glanced at the clock. She was running late. Hurriedly, she grabbed her jacket and headed out, pushing the strange incident with the cup to the back of her mind. Totally forgetting about it.

At work, Lily gets settled into her desk and started working up on her computer, determined to shake off the morning’s weirdness/incident.

Her inbox was flooded, as usual, with requests for zoning permits and complaints from that one grumpy resident. She began to type a response to an email when her screen flickered.

“What now?” she sighed.

The flickering grew more than before, the screen was filling with static before abruptly shutting off. Then, in the reflection of that dark monitor, she saw something that made her blood run cold getting goosebumps all over her body.

A figure stood behind her a tall man with broad shoulders, cloaked in shadows having perfect physique looking all well built.

Lily spun her chair around, her chair squeaking loudly, but there was no one there.

“Okay,” she whispered to herself, her heart pounding fast in her chest. I guess “I need coffee.” now otherwise I might go crazy.

She grabbed her mug and headed to the break room, trying to figure out what she saw few moments before. Maybe it was a trick of the light. Or stress. Yeah, stress made sense.

But as she poured her coffee, the lights in the break room flickered. The air grew heavy, and a low hum filled her ears.

“Lily...”

The voice was deep and distant, like it came from everywhere at once.

Her mug slipped from her hands, shattering on the floor.

“Lily,” the voice called again, more insistent this time.

Panicking, she looked around. “Who’s there?” she asked, her voice was shaking with fear.

There was no response, but the room seemed to tilt slightly, the walls were pressing in on her. Her breathing were increasing by every sec , evry moment. Then, as quickly as it started, the sensation vanished.

She stood there for a long moment, staring at her broken mug. A coworker poked his head into the break room.

“Uh, Lily? You okay?”

She blinked, forcing a tight smile. “Yeah, just... bit clumsy today.”

The coworker looked unconvinced but shrugged. “Happens to the best of us.”

By the time she left the office, Lily was exhausted and bit terrified. The day had been a whirlwind of malfunctions, strange whispers, and a growing sense of uneasiness.

As she walked home, the streetlights buzzed overhead, flickering making it more terrifying. She tried to ignore them, but her anxiety was building her blood was running cold with many horrific thoughts.

When she reached her apartment, she let out a shaky breath and fumbled with her keys. As soon as she stepped inside, she slammed the door shut, locking it with trembling hands.

“You’re being ridiculous,” she muttered, dropping her bag on the floor. “It’s just a bad day. That’s all.”

But deep down, she knew it was more than that.

Her phone buzzed again. She snatched it up, hoping it was Emily with some normal, grounding chatter. But instead of a message, her screen displayed a name she didn’t recognize

Kevin Miller

Her brow furrowed. “Who the hell is Kevin Miller?”. And why the fuck this guy is texting me,is he behind all these things happening today. Many thoughts were building up in her head making her tremble on her feet.

She didn’t remember giving her number to anyone recently, let alone someone named Kevin. With her trembling hand, she answered the call.

“Hello?” Who's this???

“Finally,” a man’s voice snapped. “You’re a hard person to track down.”

“I’m sorry, who is this?” she asked, irritation creeping into her voice.

“Kevin Miller. Look, this gonna sound crazy, but listen I think we’re connected. By, uh... a curse. Or a haunted book. Something like that.”

Lily stared at her phone. What the fuck “Is this some kind of prank, right? Did Emily put you up to this?” Did she asked u to do this??

“No! I’m fucking serious about this thing!” Kevin said. “I opened this book but now don’t ask why and how unexpectedly your name showed up in it. And now there's a lot of weird stuff is happening to both of us.”

Lily was about to hang up when she felt the same heavy, suffocating feeling the presence that she experienced in the break room. The air in her apartment grew cold, and a shadow flickered across the wall.

“You’ve gotta be kidding me,” she whispered, clutching the phone tighter.

“Yeah, see? I know somehow its weird kind of shit. But I’m not making this up to you,” Kevin said, his voice sharp but laced with panic. “We need to meet. I think we’re in danger.”

Lily hesitated. Every instinct told her that this was insane, but the events of the day had already shattered her sense of normalcy.

“Fine,” she said finally. “But if this turns out to be a scam, I’m calling the police.”

“Fair,” Kevin replied. “Tomorrow. 10 AM. Café Luna. Don’t be late.”

Before she could argue, the call ended.

Lily stood there for a long moment, staring at her phone, before a faint voice whispered her name again.

“Lily...”

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