Echoes Before It Happens - Part 4: Zaiyen’s Diary

 📓 Echoes Before It Happens: Zaiyen’s Diary  

🗓️ Part 4: The Whisper That Called My Name  

✍️ By Zaiyen

It was 3:17 AM.  

The world outside was silent.  

Even the fan above me spun without a sound.  

But something broke the stillness.  

A whisper.  

Not from a dream.  

Not from a memory.  

From the room.  

It wasn’t loud.  

It wasn’t even clear.  

But it said my name:  

**“Zaiyen…”**

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I sat up immediately, heart racing.  

Was someone there?  

Was I asleep?  

Was this… another echo?

No.  

I was wide awake.  

And I knew one thing:  

**I wasn’t alone.**

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People think fear comes with sound.  

But this was different.  

This was the kind of fear that makes your body still  

and your mind sprint.

I whispered back,  

*"Who's there?"*

Silence.

But inside, I knew:  

That whisper didn’t come from outside me.  

It came **through** me.

Like something had found a crack in my thoughts  

and walked straight in.

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Since then, I’ve heard it more than once.  

Not always at night.  

Not always calling my name.  

Sometimes, it just… hums.

Sometimes, it warns.  

Sometimes, it waits.

But always —  

**it knows me.**  

And that’s what scares me most.

🖋️ — Zaiyen