Chapter 13
Dahlia’s face changes. It becomes scratched and lines of blood flow over her cheeks. Long gashes begin streaking down her face and she can’t seem to look at us.
“What’s happening?” I ask.
“Is this real?” asks Silver.
A dreamer presents herself the way she sees herself. Silver looks young in her dreams because that’s how she sees herself. Damaged people sometimes show it in their appearance in their dreams. Since this is a meeting of dreamers who are lucid, these things can be a little confusing.
Dahlia nods.
“What happened?” I ask.
A bloody spot looks like a teardrop on Dahlia’s cheek. “I spilled face powder on the princess.”
I wait for more, but that’s all she says.
“And?” asks Silver.
“And Princess Malyn didn’t like it,” Dahlia mumbles with her head lowered, as thoug
