Satan Alpha's Sweet Wife [Transmigration Book]

Fu Jingshen only felt that at this moment he was suffering from tinnitus. The buzzing made him only see Lin Xiao's lips open, but he couldn't hear the other party's voice.

It was followed by a severe headache, and the cold sweat broke down.

Seeing that Fu Jingshen's face turned pale in an instant, Lin Xiao was a little flustered, and quickly helped him up: "Are you okay, what's the matter?"

It was fine before, why suddenly it became like this.

Lin Xiao supported him in a panic, trying to take him back to the room, but Fu Jingshen suddenly grabbed his arm with his backhand: "Why did you ask him to mark you..."

This sentence came out of Fu Jingshen's mouth, it sounded so wronged.

Lin Xiao immediately realized that this was not Fu Jingshen.

However, before he could respond, Fu Jingshen frowned: "You go out first, I will stay alone for a while."

This changed back to normal Fu Jingshen.

Realizing that at that moment just now, Fu Jingshen's two personalities had been switched, Lin Xiao became a little nervous, feeling that Fu Jingshen's illness was getting worse.

He also said that he was fine and much better, but he did not tell him the truth.

"Don't talk, I'll help you in."

Lin Xiao wanted to drag him in, but if Fu Jingshen didn't take the initiative, his little strength would not be enough.

Fu Jingshen endured the headache and discomfort in his stomach, held Lin Xiao's arm, pushed him out, and closed the door before Lin Xiao could react.

And heard a sentence: "Don't come near me."

Lin Xiao looked at the closed door in front of him, and realized that Fu Jingshen's current situation might not be very good.

The old butler who heard the movement downstairs came up and saw Lin Xiao's eyes were red, and said anxiously: "What's the matter, is there a quarrel?"

Lin Xiao shook his head: "No, he seems to be having an attack again, I'll call Dr. Chen."

Hearing this, the old housekeeper picked up the bag that fell on the ground: "Then you go, I will watch over here, sir, he will be fine, don't worry."

Just as he finished speaking, there was a bang from Fu Jingshen's room.

Lin Xiao was taken aback, and hurried back to the room to take out her mobile phone to call Chen An.

After Chen An heard about it, he put down the phone and hurried over.

As soon as he came in, he hurriedly said: "What's the matter, he was fine when he walked away from me today."

Lin Xiao shook his head: "I don't know either, I just saw him come back, I asked him how he was, and he said he was getting better... Then I said, let's try to mark it temporarily, and he suddenly became like this, right , just now he had a personality change and asked me why I asked him to make a temporary mark..."

At this time, Lin Xiao didn't dare to hide anything, and told Chen An the ins and outs of the matter.

After hearing this, Chen An had a complicated expression on his face.

"So it means that after you agreed to be a temporary mark, he has a personality change?"

Lin Xiao nodded.

Chen An felt that he probably knew what was going on.

Fu Jingshen's two personalities became possessive towards Lin Xiao at the same time, and the second personality regarded the main personality as a rival in love.

To put it bluntly, it is to eat my own jealousy, fight with myself, and lose control and go crazy because of a temporary mark.

He went crazy before making this temporary mark. As Fu Jingshen's good friend, Chen An really wanted to laugh at him, brother, did you lose control too early?

At least you're out of control when you're done marking.

But as Fu Jingshen's attending doctor, Chen An knew that this situation was bad.

"Go back to your room and rest, I'm here."

Lin Xiao knew that he couldn't be of much help at such a time, so he nodded and said, "Call me if you need anything."

Chen An nodded and gave him a reassuring look.

After Lin Xiao went back to the room and closed the door, he knocked on Fu Jingshen's door: "It's me, Fu Jingshen opened the door."

There was no response from inside, but Chen An didn't stop there: "If you don't want Lin Xiao to worry, just open the door, and we will solve the problem together."

After saying this, Chen An waited for a while, seeing that there was still no movement inside, he smiled: "If you don't want to see Lin Xiao cry, you should open the door quickly."

Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, there was a rustling sound in the room, and the door opened a crack from the inside after a while.

Chen An took this opportunity to push the door open and go in.

The room was very dark, Chen An turned back and turned on the light, and Fu Jingshen hid for a while because he was not used to the light.

On Chen An's side, he saw messy things on the ground. Just now, Fu Jingshen himself got angry in the room.

After closing the door, Chen An asked, "Is Fu Jingshen you now?"

The man standing in front of him suddenly sneered, "So what if it wasn't him?"

As soon as Chen An heard the arrogant voice, he knew it was the second personality.

Pulling at the neckline, Chen An didn't know why Fu Jingshen let the second personality dominate: "It doesn't matter if it's you, I've wanted to chat with you a long time ago, what's your name?"

Generally, the second personality will also have its own name, and Chen An is already respecting it.

You can win the favor of the second personality in the following conversation.

"You can call me Young Master Fu."

When saying this, "Fu Jingshen" raised his chin slightly, with a look of contempt for all sentient beings.

Chen An: "...May I take the liberty to ask how old you are this year?"

"18!" "Fu Jingshen" replied crisply, even with a little arrogance.

Chen An nodded: "Very good age."

It can also be seen that the secondary illness has not returned.

When he said this, Chen An couldn't bear to wonder what 18-year-old Fu Jingshen looked like, but was there ever such a time when he was in the second grade?

In his memory, he had never experienced it before. Fu Jingshen seemed to be a mature young man, very precocious.

Could it be that on the surface of his subconscious, Fu Jingshen has a heart of secondary school?

He hides quite deeply.

"Let me introduce myself. I am Chen An, Fu Jingshen's doctor and his friend. I wonder if you have any impression of me?"

"I know you. I've always wanted to get rid of my psychiatrist, but you don't seem to be very good at it." After speaking, "Fu Jingshen" grinned provocatively at him.

Chen An nodded with a good temper: "You are right, let you continue to appear, it is true that I am not very good at acting, so would you mind chatting with me?"

"What are you talking about?" "Fu Jingshen" looked at him with some resistance, "You want to talk to me?"

"I don't need to talk to you. I know why you lost your temper right now." Chen An still had a friendly smile on his face, but the words he said were not very friendly.

"You're jealous, because Lin Xiao is willing to let Fu Jingshen mark him instead of asking you to mark him, right?"

"Fu Jingshen" didn't open his mouth to refute, but his expression looked very fierce, looking at Chen An like a beast whose territory had been violated: "I don't understand why he was chosen, and he only cries every time he sees me. "

He didn't want Lin Xiao to cry every time he saw him, and he also wanted Lin Xiao to smile at him.

"So you think Lin Xiao likes Fu Jingshen more?"

"Fu Jingshen" looked up at him, with stubbornness in his eyes: "I don't think so, I just think he hasn't seen me yet, I don't have enough time to control this body, if you give me more time, He will definitely like me."

Chen An felt the undisguised possessiveness and paranoia from the other party's words.

"I agree with this point. Maybe you have been together for a long time, and he may like you like this, but are you sure whether you like him in person, or is it an illusion caused by the influence of his pheromones? I think you also know that you and Lin Akatsuki's pheromone matching rate is as high as 100%, which is a height that will give you an illusion, are you sure you like him in person?"

"Fu Jingshen" didn't speak immediately this time, looking at Chen An with a little tangled confusion.

Chen An didn't stick to his answer but asked again: "Every time you come out, what do you do to him, oh, I want to ask, why is he crying, you made him scared, or what did you do? Scared him?"

The arrogance on "Fu Jingshen" suddenly lowered before Chen An's question: "He doesn't like me kissing him."

His voice when he said this was very low, and compared to before, he even revealed a little lack of confidence.

"You kissed him, so he cried, didn't you?"

"Fu Jingshen" suddenly became fierce again: "He thought I kissed too hard, but he kissed him."

Speaking of the latter, "Fu Jingshen" became angry again.

But this sentence made Chen An confused: "You mean, Lin Xiao thinks you kissed hard, but he has kissed Fu Jingshen, but not you, right?"

"Fu Jingshen" glared at him ferociously, and didn't answer, but silence was already the best answer.

It turned out that this vinegar was eaten early in the morning, not this time today.

"Then have you ever thought that you are indeed the one who hurt him? At least in my opinion, Fu Jingshen is more mature and stable than you. Even if he wants to kiss, he will take care of Lin Xiao's feelings, not blindly Satisfy your own desires, what do you think, Young Master Fu?"

Hearing these words, although "Fu Jingshen" still had a fierce expression on his face, his expression was shaken.

Chen An's tone did not change, as if he was really just analyzing the current situation with him: "So take a look, be gentler from now on, learn to take care of Lin Xiao's feelings, maybe he will like you too."

This is a kind of temptation, but Chen An is sure that "Fu Jingshen" will fall into the trap.

"Fu Jingshen" looked at him, and retorted in a cold voice: "I am not him, and I will never be him, a person who hides everything in his heart and dare not reveal it, does not deserve to be liked by him, I like Lin Xiao, I will tell him, I want him, I want to kiss him, I will do it, I am not him!"

Chen An nodded: "I know very well that you are not him, and you will not become him. He does not have the courage of you. He has a lot of scruples. I think to a certain extent, he also envies you."

"Fu Jingshen" seemed to be delighted by this sentence, raised his chin, and chuckled lightly: "But you are right, I should learn to take care of Lin Xiao's feelings and snatch him away!"

When it came to the end, "Fu Jingshen" had paranoid fanaticism in his eyes.

From the very beginning when Fu Jingshen's second personality appeared, Chen An felt that Fu Jingshen's second personality was created because of his desire. What he saw with his own eyes this time confirmed this point even more.

The undisguised possessiveness and paranoia of the second personality are what Fu Jingshen subconsciously desires but cannot get.

But also, the restraint and prudence of the main personality is also a restraint on the second personality.

After "Fu Jingshen" said those words, he suddenly pressed his forehead, and his body suddenly knelt on the ground as if he had lost self-control.

Chen An subconsciously looked at Fu Jingshen's situation: "Is Fu Jingshen you?"

Coupled with his uninterrupted calling, after a long time, the man who opened his eyes again did not have the previous madness in his eyes.

Fu Jingshen took advantage of the situation and sat on the ground with cold sweat all over his face.

Chen An went to ask him to pour a glass of water and handed it to him: "How do you feel, does your head hurt?"

Fu Jingshen took it and took a sip, turned around and leaned against the bed, and thanked him in a hoarse voice.

Chen An put the cup back on the table and sat down in front of him: "Did you hear what I said to him just now?"

Fu Jingshen nodded: "I feel like I can't hold him anymore."

"You think his strength is growing because you care more about Lin Xiao." Chen An said his thoughts gently, "I think you should face up to your heart."

Fu Jingshen didn't answer his words, and Chen An was not annoyed, and continued: "I heard that Lin Xiao wants you to give him a temporary mark?"

"He told you?" Fu Jingshen finally responded.

"Yes, Lin Xiao told me about the previous situation. You should also know that with your current physical condition, the temporary mark is only good for you. Lin Xiao obviously wants to help you, but you subconsciously feel that you should not accept it. You can tell me My reason?"

As a top Alpha, Fu Jingshen seems to be powerful, but in fact he seems to be born with an avoidant personality.

"...if I'm well, he'll go."

Chen An did not expect that the cause of his rejection of temporary marks was here.

Just about to speak, Fu Jingshen continued: "Although he said later that he would not leave and let me raise him, I know that he said those words to appease me."

Fu Jingshen laughed at himself.

Chen An raised his eyebrows: "Maybe he is sincere, you should have some confidence in yourself."

Fu Jingshen fell silent again.

Obviously he didn't think he had any advantage to let Lin Xiao stay.

"I hope you can accept the temporary mark. If you don't want the second personality to do this kind of thing to Lin Xiao before you, it's best for you to do it yourself. I think Lin Xiao can have a good marking experience. At least you can restraint."

And Fu Jingshen's second personality is obviously a lunatic.

Fu Jingshen's expression finally changed when he heard the words, Chen An knew he had listened.

Without continuing this topic, Chen An stood up: "Is there any discomfort in your body now?"

"My head hurts, and my stomach hurts."

Chen An nodded: "The stomach should be affected by emotions, I suggest you take a good rest after taking the medicine."

Fu Jingshen nodded: "I will, thank you, I have caused you trouble."

"Don't say that. I'm your doctor. It's my job to solve your troubles. Should I speak for you at Lin Xiao's side, or you should go and see him yourself. He should be very worried about you."

"You help me...forget it, I'll go by myself later."

"I think you are more suitable than me." Chen An patted him on the shoulder as an encouragement.

Seeing Chen An coming out, the old housekeeper who had been guarding the door hastily stepped forward: "Sir, how is he?"

"It's fine, don't worry."

The old butler breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm sorry, I'm bothering you again today, Dr. Chen."

"You're welcome, call me again if you have anything to do."

"Okay, I'll ask the driver to take you back."

"No, I came by car."

……

Not long after Chen An left, Fu Jingshen stood up on the bed, and the old housekeeper happened to appear at the door. He was not too surprised to see the mess in the room: "Sir, let me tidy it up."

"Excuse me." Fu Jingshen nodded, "Is he in the room?"

Realizing that Fu Jingshen was asking Lin Xiao, he nodded and said, "Mr. Xiao has been in the room."

"Okay, I'll go see him."

Lin Xiao hadn't rested all this time. He didn't know what happened to Fu Jingshen and whether he was getting better. He couldn't sleep at all.

Just when he was getting impatient and wanted to go out to have a look, there was a knock on the door.

Lin Xiao jumped up from the bed almost instantly and opened the door. He thought it was Chen An who came to tell him about Fu Jingshen, but he didn't expect that it was him standing outside the door.

Fu Jingshen seemed to have just recovered, his face was pale, but after seeing him, he still pulled the corner of his lower lip: "Sorry, did I scare you just now?"

Ever since he met Lin Xiao, he always seemed to be apologizing to him.

Lin Xiao wasn't hypocritical. Fu Jingshen's sudden behavior did scare him: "Are you okay?"

Fu Jingshen nodded: "Well, I just took the medicine, and I'll be fine after a while."

"Does that head still hurt?"

Knowing that Fu Jingshen usually suffers from headaches, Lin Xiao couldn't help but care about this.

Fu Jingshen pursed his lower lip, hesitated for a moment, but still didn't hide it: "It hurts, but it's bearable."

Lin Xiao didn't know what kind of pain level this could endure, but it was definitely not an option to continue to suffer like this. Even Chen An didn't have a particularly good way to relieve it, which meant that this kind of headache might not be cured by medicine.

"Do you still have to think about my previous proposal? I think we can give it a try. It's just a temporary mark, and it will help me. At least I won't have to take inhibitors all the time in the future. Teacher Sun also said, inhibition For Omega, the side effects are also quite serious, and even frequent use of inhibitors may lead to drug resistance, compared to Alpha’s pheromones, which are much better.”

Lin Xiao tried to persuade him.

Fu Jingshen looked at him silently, he could feel his seriousness from Lin Xiao's tone.

Lin Xiao really wanted to help him.

"it is good."

Lin Xiao originally wanted to find some reason to persuade him, but when he heard this sound, he was even a little unsure whether he had an illusion at this moment.

Blinking: "Did you agree just now?"

"Ah."

Seeing him nodding, Lin Xiao smiled and said, "Then can you do it today? The previous injection of inhibitors should only be effective for 24 hours, so it shouldn't work for you now, right?"

It's better to finish this kind of thing early and be safe. What if Fu Jingshen regrets it tomorrow morning after sleeping all night?

What's more, he also wanted to know if Fu Jingshen's headache would be relieved after marking.

Fu Jingshen didn't expect it to be so fast.

In his opinion, even if he agreed, the two of them should prepare, but Lin Xiao obviously didn't think so.

Just when he was hesitating how to speak about tomorrow, Lin Xiao had already reached out and grabbed his neckline, pulled him closer to the room, and closed the door.

Fu Jingshen stood close to the door, watching Lin Xiao take off half of her pajamas, revealing her beautiful shoulders and neck, and then raised her eyes: "Well, I don't have much experience, you can do it, then I'll leave it all to you."

In fact, Lin Xiao was also quite embarrassed, although it was just a matter of taking a bite, but because of the setting of this world, it would make people feel very ambiguous.

Fu Jingshen watched Lin Xiao turn around, exposing the glands at the back of his neck in front of him.

The unconscious breathing became a little heavy, and the heart was beating fast, as if it could jump out in the next second.

Blinking hard, he said restrainedly, "It might hurt a little."

Lin Xiao felt that he had reached this point, and he had to endure the pain: "It's okay, hurry up."

Early end, early release.

Momojiji felt more and more stressed.

Fu Jingshen pursed his lower lip and moved closer. In the past 28 years, he had never had such an experience.

There is youthfulness in all the actions.

It's just that Lin Xiao, who is also young and inexperienced, didn't notice it because of nervousness.

The atmosphere in the room was comfortable, and the two of them were like elementary school chickens protruding their tentacles to the unknown for the first time, colliding and groping each other.

But as an Alpha, it seems that there is a natural instinct for marking such things.

When the canine teeth pierced the gland and felt some sweet breath, Fu Jingshen instinctively pierced the canine tooth into the gland for a moment, injecting his own pheromone into Lin Xiao's body, and fused with it.

At least for the next week, he can smell his breath from this Omega, proving that this Omega belongs to him.

The moment he was marked, Lin Xiao couldn't even stand up, as if his body and heart were not his own at that moment, the tingling feeling hit his brain directly, and he couldn't help sobbing.

Fortunately, Fu Jingshen hugged him from behind in time, so that he didn't fall down.

At the end, Lin Xiao lost his strength, and leaned against Fu Jingshen's arms, feeling the sweet aura emanating from Fu Jingshen surrounding him, which made him somewhat satisfied, and even made him want to go to Fu Jingshen. Drilling in his arms, rubbing his thoughts.

Surprised by his own thoughts, Lin Xiao quickly stood up straight, turned and leaned against the wall: "How do you feel?"

Fu Jingshen looked down at him, with rare tenderness in his black eyes, as tender as honey: "Well, it feels good, how about you?"

It can be said that it feels so good, that kind of satisfaction from the inside out, which he has never experienced before.

At this moment, he even felt that Lin Xiao completely belonged to him.

In fact, the Omega in front of him at this moment is his aura from beginning to end.

Lin Xiao was embarrassed to admit that she felt pretty good, and nodded hastily: "Then you go back and rest, and see if the headache is relieved."

Fu Jingshen didn't want to leave at this time just after temporarily marking Omega.

But he knew very well that he really should leave.

Nodded: "Good night then."

Lin Xiao also nodded, not embarrassed to look at Fu Jingshen, and let the door open: "Good night."

When Fu Jingshen came out of this door, the moment Lin Xiao closed the door, she put her head against the door panel, closed her eyes, and touched the back of her neck where she had been bitten. It was burning hot, showing that what had happened fact.

It turns out that this is what it feels like to be marked.

Lin Xiao felt that the moment Fu Jingshen injected the pheromone, he seemed to have taken some kind of drug, floating, floating, wanting, immortal, as if he would become a fairy in the next moment, and be in bliss forever in the next moment.

So much so that a few minutes after the mark was over, he still had that feeling on his body, and even to his embarrassment, he actually had a physical reaction.

In fact, Lin Xiao didn't know, because his and Fu Jingshen's pheromones were highly matched, so Fu Jingshen's pheromones would produce such a strong reaction after entering his body.

If the degree of matching between the two was not so high, then Lin Xiao would not even feel it.

At the same time, Fu Jingshen also fell into a kind of happiness.

The Omega mood that marked his favorite made him seem to be in control of the whole world at this moment.

It is the sense of satisfaction that can't help but smile when you think about it.

At this moment, Fu Jingshen no longer had a headache, no stomach pain, and no fatigue on his body. He was so energetic that he wished he could go out for a couple of laps.

Feel happy from the inside out.

If Lin Xiao wanted to, he could even lift him up and kiss him in circles.

Even though he was very clear in his heart, Lin Xiao's willingness to let him mark did not mean accepting him, but helping him heal.

But even so, as long as he thinks that there will be a chance in the next week, or even later, to let his pheromones stay on Lin Xiao, those possessive desires that are in a dark corner of his heart that cannot be touched or mentioned, will be rewarded. satisfied.

This may be influenced by pheromone, or it may be his true thoughts.

But no matter what it is, for Fu Jingshen, this moment is the satisfaction and happiness that he has never experienced in the past 28 years.

It was as if the gloomy world finally shone with a beam of bright and warm light.

Lin Xiao returned to the bed after a while, he felt as if he had drunk too much wine, light, dizzy, and very comfortable.

Without any accident, he dreamed again.

In the dream, there was a little white bear and a little black bear, holding hands and dancing. He happily ran over to join them, but Fu Jingshen suddenly appeared from the side, grabbed his hand, and kissed him. Things are getting out of control...

Lin Xiao opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling in a daze. After a while, he jumped up from the bed and rushed into the bathroom.

He actually had a spring dream.

And the target is Fu Jingshen!

Is it the mark's fault, it must be!

Otherwise, how could he have such a dream!

Lin Xiao rubbed his underpants angrily, thinking to himself, he is obviously still a child!

The old butler at home is a Beta, and he can't smell AO pheromone by nature.

So much so that he didn't notice the change in Fu Jingshen and Lin Xiao's aura in the first place.

Lin Xiao, who was temporarily marked for the first time, also has no experience at all.

As for Fu Jingshen's reason, he didn't remind Lin Xiao to spray the covering agent.

So Lin Xiao finished his lunch, left the house in a hurry after Fu Jingshen returned to his room, and rushed to the handmade shop to continue making his handmade brooches.

The driver who sent him there was also a Beta, and he failed to remind Lin Xiao.

When he arrived at the handicraft shop and opened the curtain, Lin Jing who was sitting behind the counter suddenly raised his head and looked at him, frowning: "Don't move yet."

Lin Xiao, who was about to walk in, stopped and looked at Lin Jing in puzzlement. Before he could speak, a young couple came down from upstairs.

The Alpha who was walking in front suddenly screamed the moment he stepped down the stairs: "My God, what's going on!"

As his voice fell, there was the sound of panicking and running back.

Lin Xiao was startled by the voice from upstairs.

Faintly aware of the problem seems to appear in him.

At this time, Lin Jing had already walked over with a bottle of masking agent, shaking it: "Why didn't you spray masking agent when you went out?"

After speaking, he sprayed Lin Xiao from head to toe, and Lin Xiao couldn't help sneezing: "I haven't sprayed it before, what are you doing!"

Lin Jing threw away the masking agent that was sprayed out in his hand: "Don't move, it's not enough."

When Lin Xiao heard that he wanted to continue, she went crazy: "Spray it, one bottle is not enough, what is on my body?"

He raised his arm and sniffed, and there was only a whiff of lime, all masking agent.

Lin Jing took a bottle of unopened masking agent from the back, opened it and shook it: "Then I have to ask you, if you dare to show off without covering the mark, do you think everyone knows that you have been marked?"

Lin Xiao realized later: "Is it really that obvious?"

Why didn't he feel it himself.

Lin Jing didn't answer him, but raised the masking agent in his hand to him, and Lin Xiao quickly stretched out his hand when he saw this: "Wait a minute, I'll cover my nose first."

Covering his mouth and nose with his hands, he said in a muffled voice, "Okay, spray it."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was sprayed from head to toe by Lin Jing again. After the bottle was empty, Lin Jing said lightly: "Let's do this first, go back and buy a bottle of high-concentration masking agent. The ordinary type has no effect on you." .”

After spraying two bottles in a row, it could barely cover up the bloody smell that smelled very murderous.

Lin Xiao let go, and sneezed two more times. He felt that he was about to turn into a lime now, but he still couldn't cover Fu Jingshen's pheromone smell.

Is this the face of the top Alpha?

Alpha, who was scared back just now, waited for a while, and seeing that there was no movement downstairs, he tentatively asked, "Can I go down now?"

Lin Jing replied indifferently: "It's fine."

Lin Xiao stood at the counter and went inside to hide, trying not to cause trouble to others.

Alpha who got this sentence turned to his Beta girlfriend and said, "Honey, let's go down."

His girlfriend looked at him inexplicably: "What the hell is downstairs that scares you like this!"

Alpha pursed the corners of his lower lips, and said with an aggrieved expression: "I can't explain it, but at that moment, there seemed to be a particularly terrifying aura telling me that if I go down, I will die!"

"I think you didn't sleep well last night, and you can still dream in broad daylight!" Beta's girlfriend ran down in disgust.

Alpha followed closely behind, still shouting: "Baby, wait for me... Ouch, I... Shit..."

Just as he stepped down the last step, suddenly a bloody smell rushed straight to his forehead, and his head was dizzy for an instant, his body lost his balance, his legs softened, and he slid and knelt in front of Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao flinched back in fright at the sudden rise.

At this moment, the air fell into an eerie silence.

All I could hear was the ticking of the clock on the wall.