Author Note: This was originally a single drabble, I've deleted it and rewritten it as such. Like I said with "Bewitched" (which is set out in a similar structure) I'm sorry if the structure annoys you!
Please enjoy!
She watched as darkness filled the room; the raining blackness was killing the light. She gazed calmly at the last candle as it was smothered and she sat, drowning in a lonely misery.
She was unaware that someone lingered in a corner too far behind her but as he came to her with his slow, careful strides she was awakened to his presence.
Within three seconds she could feel his eyes on her though the curtain of blackness that masked her vision. Within three seconds, she felt his closeness, though her body remained stiff and scared. Within three seconds, he whispered her name so bluntly, so carelessly, so mercilessly.
In another three seconds his hands found her face and in three seconds he grasped it. Another three seconds and she tasted his breath.
She swallowed, she froze, she gasped.
In three seconds the darkness was gone. And in three seconds so was he.