➳ ➳ ➳ Athena Bloodhound Lost in the Blackwood Forest ➳ ➳ ➳ The faint voice of a little girl jolted me awake, the first thing that greeted me was the pain that I felt all over my body. I was lying on my left side and the sharp pain told me to stop moving. The little girl was always in my dreams and now she is haunting me in my wake. Surely I'm not being haunted by a restless child ghost... are spirits even real? I asked myself, shaking my head at the absurdity of my thoughts Black dots plague my vision as I sit abruptly, my left hip burning when I did. Barely managing to open my eyes, I winced when the bright morning sun gleamed on my eyes. Instinctively I raised my left hand to cradle my head but pain seared through my hip when I did so. Looking down I noticed that bandages on my

