The students swarm around her. Their eyes on fire, faces melting. Her office crumbles to ash and she‘s falling into a cavernous void. Alone. Fire burns the darkness. Screams echo to infinity. Molten lava scorches n***d feet. Skin roasts, bone turns to ash. He walks through the flames. Black as the void. Black as death. Burn with me he says, burn with me. The flesh must burn. Burn your sins … Burn!Eileen woke up screaming like a dying animal, the sound retching from her body rising from somewhere deeper than hell. Her chest heaved, clawing for breath, sweat bathing her shaking body. She staggered to the window and gulped at the cold, morning air.
It’s just a dream, she told herself. Just a dream.
Her breathing settled and the sweat chilled on her forehead. She felt Jackson’s furry head nu
