SILVER'S POV
I didn’t know when I fell asleep. One second I was lying in bed, and the next I was somewhere else.
I was standing in a long hallway.
It was old and quiet. The walls were cracked, and the lights above me flickered like they couldn’t decide whether to stay on or off. Somewhere behind me, I heard a clock ticking. But it didn’t sound normal. It was loud—too loud—like it was ticking inside my own head.
I turned to walk, and suddenly… I wasn’t in the hallway anymore.
I was in a car.
The rain was falling hard on the windshield. I couldn’t see much outside. The inside of the car was quiet, except for a soft laugh beside me. A girl was sitting in the passenger seat. I couldn’t see her face. It was blurry, like a smudge on glass. But I knew her laugh. I knew her voice.
She was t
