Corrine POV
Once Arias allowed me to return to my room, I was in a daze. How could all of what he told me be true? I had seen his dragon firsthand, but what if that was a trick? I had never seen any magic before coming here. I know that the woman who had been with us when I was taken must have used some witchcraft to make that portal. If witches exist, then what Arias told me might be true! I flopped back on my bed. I was mentally and physically exhausted, and I needed sleep to try and make sense of all of this.
My sleep was restless, nightmares plaguing me. Dreams of dark vampires chasing me through alleyways, wanting my blood to quench their unstoppable thirst. Dreams of wolves howling at the moon, stalking me through the forest like prey. Dreams of dragons blasting my parent's castl
