
I scream at myself to stop, but no sound escapes my lips. I want to yell When did this happen?! but the words catch in my throat. The voice-my voice-rings out in my head once more, but not of my own volition. Wait, so I do want to? So of course my body is going to move?Īre these desires truly unfamiliar and unbidden? I don’t want to, and yet I want to so very badly.

I can’t just do that.Īnd yet my body moves nonetheless, as though disconnected entirely from my mind. I fight it down, but it fights back-an incendiary impulse spurring me forth. Unfamiliar desires well up inside me, unbidden, demanding to be set free. My body begins to pull away and move of its own accord, as though I’m no longer myself. My senses begin to melt into a haze, almost like I’ve come down with a vicious fever. Meanwhile, my body is suddenly burning hot, my face flushed red. I contemplate it for a moment, but hesitate. It feels like someone spoke directly into my brain. The sound reverberates inside my skull, from my inner ears to my medulla oblongata, evoking a deep shudder down my spine. Front Image1 Front Image2 Front Image3 Front Image4 Prologue: It Struck Without WarningĪ voice rings out in my head, so clearly it makes my skin crawl.
