VALERIA.
A man’s voice echoes in my head like a loud call at the end of an empty hallway. Finally, the meaning of his words reaches me, and I snap from my trance. I inhale as though I just emerged from underwater. I realize that I’m in the trophy room and that Stefano and Celeste are right behind me. I turn back around and see Professor Blossom standing in front of us, very close to the portrait of the woman that’s hiding the door to the tunnels.
I don’t know what’s happening or how I got here. The last thing I remember is passing out while talking to Stefano.
What’s happening to me?
Panic rises in my throat like bile and for a moment I have to bite back a scream. Professor Blossom is watching me with his beady eyes sparkling behind his glasses, his lips pursed into a thin line.
“Are
