Chapter Twenty-Seven
As the day of Krinar arrival and Emily’s promised liberation approached, Emily found herself increasingly anxious. She had no appetite, and her nights were restless, her sleep frequently interrupted by bad dreams. When she was a child, she used to have nightmares about her parents’ car crash, but she’d grown out of that—or so she’d thought. In those dreams, she was always standing on the side of the road, watching as the car flipped over, and her stomach would fill with cold terror at the knowledge that she was alone, that everyone she loved was dead.
Emily told herself the nightmares had returned because she was worried about the invasion, but part of her knew the truth.
It was the upcoming separation from Zaron that made her relive the old pain of loss and abandon
