Chapter Four
Before she could protest his treatment of her brother, he stepped on the leaf and the world shimmered and went out of focus, coming back into focus as a forest. Drawing her arm from his grip, she slowly backed away from him, shaking her head. “This isn’t possible.” It was late afternoon and nearby she could hear the sound of a stream as it cascaded over rocks. “You’re not real. None of this is real. I ate the toffee, didn’t I?”
Merrick lowered Jordan to the ground. “If you did, you’d be sound asleep. Why didn’t you eat the toffee when everyone else did?”
“I didn’t want to risk it.”
“You suspected her of planning something like this?” Merrick gestured towards Jordan.
“No. I have a lot of allergies. I didn’t trust her to give me something that was safe to eat.” Her gaze was
