45 Caught in a web

''Tiana! Wake up! Come on, wake up!''

Nicklaus exclaimed as he pressed on her chest with both hands; she was still not moving, her eyes were still shut.

He had never felt so much afraid of anything in so long! At that moment, he felt the same pain he felt seventeen years ago in the closet; it was brain chattering. Everything around him disappeared and the only thing he could see was Tiana; memories of that night flashed through his eyes and his hands shook from fear;

He felt pain coursing through him as his eyes grew dark red from the pain;

As the seconds passed, her face was getting paler; it was as though she was dying. Nicklaus felt his breath ceasing; he found it hard to take in air. But he was not about to give up; he could not let her slip away the way he watched his parents seventeen years ago; helpless and weak.