CHAPTER 1 : Buried A live

Buried Alive

My name is Rukaya.

It was midnight when I regained consciousness after being unconscious for a long time. My head was pounding painfully, and my whole body felt unbearably heavy, as if I had been carrying stones.

I tried to breathe properly…

But I couldn’t get enough air.

The darkness around me was suffocating. The smell of fresh soil filled the space. My trembling hands touched the sides around me and met hard wood.

My heartbeat began to race.

“No… no…”

I started banging hard.

“Help! Somebody help me! There’s someone in here!”

My voice hit the wooden walls and echoed back at me. No one answered.

I banged harder until my nails began to hurt.

“Please! I’m alive!”

Silence.

A terrifying silence.

Then the horrifying truth struck me like lightning.

I was inside a coffin.

Tears streamed down my face. My whole body shook with fear. I tried kicking, but there wasn’t enough space. The air inside kept getting thinner.

My chest tightened painfully.

“Help me…” I cried weakly.

I felt like my end had come.

Suddenly…

I heard the sound of soil being removed from above the coffin.

Kwang… Kwang…

I froze in shock.

Someone was digging.

A few moments later, the coffin lid was forced open.

Fresh air rushed into my lungs.

I coughed violently while trembling uncontrollably. Quickly, I sat upright inside the coffin, gasping for air like someone who had returned from hell.

When I lowered my eyes…

I realized I was wrapped in a white burial shroud.

“What is this…?”

I tore it off in panic as tears rolled down my cheeks.

But what terrified me most was that the person who had saved me was nowhere to be seen.

I looked around in fear.

There was no one.

I was completely alone.

In the cemetery.

A cold wind blew through the graves with a terrifying sound. Tree branches danced in the darkness like shadows of the dead. Night birds cried out with chilling sounds that pierced straight into my heart.

I began to cry.

“Who saved me…? Please show yourself… I’m scared…”

No one answered.

My legs trembled as I tried to stand. I needed to leave that place immediately, but every step I tried to take filled me with even more fear.

Then I started hearing laughter.

Strange laughter.

Terrifying laughter.

It echoed from every corner of the cemetery.

I couldn’t even move.

“My God…” I cried, closing my eyes tightly. “Please protect me…”

I began reciting every prayer I knew with a trembling voice.

Suddenly…

A blinding light appeared in front of me.

It shone so brightly that my eyes burned. I tried to shield myself, but my body lost all strength.

Everything went dark.

When I regained consciousness again…

I found myself at home.

The living room was filled with people dressed in black. Cries and sorrow filled every corner.

My mother was crying bitterly.

My father sat silently, his eyes red with tears.

Neighbors whispered to each other in grief.

I stood there in confusion.

“What’s going on?”

Slowly, I looked toward the wall.

My heart stopped.

My picture was hanging there with a black ribbon around it.

My legs started shaking.

“No… this can’t be…”

I ran toward my mother.

“Mom!” I cried while holding her shoulders. “Please don’t cry… I’m alive, Mom…”

But she didn’t look at me.

She couldn’t hear me.

I tried again.

“Mom, please look at me… I’m right here…”

No response.

Then I realized something terrifying.

No one could see me.

Tears slowly rolled down my cheeks as I turned to look at everyone in the room.

That’s when my eyes landed on my stepmother.

She sat quietly in the corner.

But unlike everyone else…

She wasn’t crying.

And on her face was a secret smile.

My heart pounded violently.

Memories slowly started returning to me.

The glass of juice she gave me that night…

Its strange taste…

The dizziness that made me lose consciousness…

And her voice…

“Rukaya is dead…”

My eyes widened in horror.

“This can’t be…”

My stepmother was behind everything.

But one painful question kept burning inside me…

If I’m alive…

Why can’t anyone see me?

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