The Wolf Within

Midnight Hike

** Dakota’s POV **

The dream felt hyper-real. The world around me was exactly as I remembered it when I had fallen asleep, only, now I was mere feet away from Lia; her sleepy eyes on me, gently and lazily asking why I was up.

“Shh. Go back to sleep, I just have to use the restroom.” I whispered. Her heavy eyelids closed while she barely nodded her understanding.

“Hurry back.” She murmured; her voice barely audible over the blanket she was pulling over herself.

“Ok.” I replied as I quickly turned around and made my way to the elevator. Just as I was about to reach out and push the button, the world went black.

Next thing I knew, I was stumbling just outside of Strega Tali’s hut, headed toward the forest’s edge. The hyperreality of the previous dream running into this one. It felt li