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Nightmares
Jana knew she’d be up late and decided to take a power nap. It wasn’t long before she nodded off. Her pupils raced back and forth across her closed eyelids. She had already cycled through the first four stages of sleep and rapid eye movement began in earnest. Her breathing deepened then slowed. But as the dream began to unfold, visions of light popped into her mind’s eye. She began to discern a particular shape, the telltale silhouette of Waseem Jarrah. Those awful scars. They were always there, a constant reminder of his power over her, and they had a mind of their own.
Her breathing accelerated. She had killed Jarrah in the moments before he was to detonate a weapon of mass destruction. The visions flickered and popped in her mind. It was as if she was watching footage f
