I made it home without any trouble and passed out on the bed. I awakened to find myself holding a small baby close to my chest while Asher told me it was a historical necessity and the walls melted away to reveal huge hands reaching for both of us. There was an explosion of fire and I felt the baby wrenched from my arms. I kicked wildly and threw myself out of bed, onto the floor and into wakefulness.
The dropdown from recent events, as well as the drugs, had finally arrived and it was going much worse than I’d have imagined. The turmoil was shaking loose something that could never be released, something that should never breach my conscious mind. I’d embedded charms and schemes to protect myself, but they couldn’t withstand the onslaught they were receiving. I was going to have to do som
