Nia went to her room and slept, her dreams filled with the face of Khalil. His rage at her was for some reason—only this was not Khalil. She somehow sensed it wasn’t, but the man looked so much like him. She could feel the love and hate emanating from him, and she could not understand.
“You caused this to yourself," he said as they stood in a field under the cover of night. Nia was pinned in place and could not move as she watched a man who greatly resembled Taylor on the ground, looking as if he had just undergone a horrible fight. He was cut in all places, and his dark skin was bathed in the moonlight. Nia felt her heart reach out to him as she screamed, trying to free herself from her bonds. The man looked at her with an intense gaze as she heard his voice in her head.
“Until our ne
