Lilith Descriptive Writing

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I wake to the sunlight bursting through the windows onto my face. Something is off.. The air feels wrong, like evil lingered in the room. Adrenaline rushes through my body with such urgency that I throw myself up from my bed. My head slammed against the bedpost as I stood, but because of the adrenaline that rushed through me, I felt no pain. What is that smell? So unfamiliar. The only thing I can make out in it is Lilith's familiar scent, but it’s as if something strange mixed in and is masking it’s tantalizing odor. I can’t stop shaking. Maybe I’m still trapped in the final seconds of a nightmare so terrifying, that even as I stand here wide awake, I cannot escape its hold. I get a small glass of water and take a moment to gather myself. It

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