The salt air stung my nostrils as I gazed out at the endless expanse of the sea. The waves crashed against the rocks below, sending sprays of foam into the air. I had always been drawn to the ocean, but this was different. This was a feeling of terror that gripped my very soul.
It had started with whispers in the night, voices that seemed to come from the very depths of the sea. At first, I had dismissed them as nothing more than my imagination playing tricks on me. But then I began to see things – shapes moving in the water, shadows lurking just beneath the surface.
I had tried to leave, to escape the haunting call of the sea. But it was as if some unseen force was holding me back, pulling me inexorably towards the water’s edge.
And then one night, I saw it. A creature unlike anything I had ever seen before, emerging from the water with a roar that shook me to my very core. It was massive, with tentacles that writhed and wriggled like living snakes.
I watched in horror as it dragged itself up onto the shore, its eyes fixed on me with a malevolent gleam. I knew then that I was doomed, that the sea had claimed me as its own.
For days, I wandered along the shoreline, my mind consumed with fear and madness. I could hear the whispers growing louder, could feel the pull of the ocean drawing me ever closer.
And then it happened. With a roar that shook the very earth beneath my feet, the sea surged forward, swallowing me up in its icy embrace.
As I sank beneath the surface, I could see the creature waiting for me, its tentacles reaching out to claim me. And in that moment, I knew that I had become one with the sea – a creature of darkness and terror, forever bound to the depths of the ocean.
Author: Opney. Illustrator: Dalli. Publisher: Cyber.
