Joanne’s POV
I jumped awake with a bitter taste in my mouth. My heart was pounding in my chest as I tried to remember where I was. The image of the pendant was fresh in my mind. It looked so familiar and yet I still had no idea what it was. It felt too real to ignore and too strange to explain.
The sound of soft breathing brought me out of my thoughts, knowing that it wasn’t mine. Alexander was beside me. I wasn’t sure how long I had been asleep for; I was only meant to take a short nap, but I must have been sleeping longer than intended because I saw the food sitting beside me, and the tent was dark.
I turned to look at him, expecting him to be asleep, but he wasn’t. His eyes were open, staring at the top of the tent, his hands folded over his chest like he’d been lost in thought for
