“This isn’t happening.” She exclaimed quietly, her voice bordering on panic.
She turned her small bag upside down and sifted through the items that fell out before sticking her hand in the bag to make sure it hadn’t gotten stuck. With a soft cry she slumped back down into the water and leaned against the rock behind her. She’d had the necklace when she went to sleep and woken up without it.
Covering her face with her hands, she cried into her palms, her shoulders shaking with the effort to keep the sobbing silent. Suddenly she remembered the dream and the necklace snapping when Hyakuhei grabbed her. Her lips parted when she realized the necklace must still be in the dreamscape.
‘How is that possible?’ she asked silently. ‘Wait, the mark on the back of my neck wasn’t there before the dre
