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The room is dark, completely black except for a slither of grey from a gap in the curtains. Not knowing why I am awake, I stare at the strip. Then, a growl. 1The bed shakes in fear at the sound. 2A smell like3 rotten meat consumes the air.


I’m paralysed, unable to move at all4. For several seconds I hold my breath. Maybe it is all in my head. No. Again, growling; growling5 unlike any I have heard before. This time, a scratching sound follows it6.


I ease up to sit and lean across the bed. The sound is coming from underneath. My hands grasp the covers and pull them up. I lean further over. 7


I see it now; it’s massive. Claw like daggers8 and razor teeth9. Scales cover its long body. Its tail is thick as a log10, swishing11 along the ground as it runs towards me. Its mouth is open, poisonous and forked tongued, ready to bite. I gasp in a breath and... 12



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