Lucidity
I thought I was going crazy. Tried to convince myself that I was hallucinating, that this was only a horrible, horrible dream.
None of this is real! None of this is real!!
But, my scream still tore through the room as dark blood spattered my face and ruined my white dress. I was paralysed by fear, my bones concrete and heavy, my limbs stiff and unresponsive.
And, he lay there just a few feet away from me - motionless.
His glazed, blue eyes empty. Dead.