A few days later…
Thessalia was lost in her own thoughts when a loud crackle of thunder snapped her back to reality. She gazed out of her window, watching the relentless downpour beating against the glass.
Rising from her bed, she walked over to the open window and looked out. The morning sunshine had been swallowed by dark, ominous clouds, casting a grey hue over everything. The storm had been building for a while and was now in full force, its power and weight heavy on the land.
She had just awakened from an intense dream in which she was fleeing from a group of wolves through the woods. They didn't scare her at all. She considered them to be her family.
However, her internal cues compelled her to immediately visit the restroom. Her gut felt knotted, and nausea flooded over her ent
