Incubus Anomaly: Chapter 12, Who Am I?

“Tell me.”

“I can’t.”

I ran a finger from her hairline to her jaw, “I want to know what you’re thinking.”

She closed her eyes.

“Tell me.”

Her lids opened, her eyes were almost pleading. She looked at a spot behind my shoulder, “I can’t. Because if I say it, it’s gonna be real. And if you confirm it, if you actually confirm it, I don’t know whether to run screaming from you or screaming towards you.”