Diana
I sat down to have breakfast and stirred the cereal in the bowl. I felt like I'd been hit by a truck, and everyone saw it, which was embarrassing. I had been taught to take slow, deep breaths and focus on one thing. unchanging. I still felt like I couldn't control anything in my life. All of my mind, all of my thoughts, all of my life
I had never felt in danger while I was in Nereus's Land. I didn't have to watch my back, worry about going out at night, or worry about my place in the social hierarchy. Everyone was nice here.
I stopped thinking about what I was doing when I heard footsteps coming closer. There he was—a strange man I didn't understand. He made me feel strange inside—waves of desperation like I'd never felt. He was so interesting to me that almost all of my thoughts
