“Em?”
My eyes drift open as Ru opens my door and pokes his head into the room.
“What is it?” I say, reaching for my clock. It’s only nine.
“Dad asked me if you were alright. He said you went into the bat enclosure at the animal sanctuary yesterday, and thought you might be feeling a bit, well…”
“Drained?”
“Something like that, yes.”
“Then you can tell him I’m fine. Besides, I already promised to go back next week. I can’t exactly back out now Mr. Denners has agreed to help me.”
He grins, tucking the front strands of his hair behind his ears. “I’m happy you’re doing this, Em, but don’t push yourself too much.”
“I won’t,” I say, resisting the urge to roll my eyes. “Hey, Ru? I had another dream last night.”
“The same one again?”
“No, it was…different…this time.” I explain what happe
