Jai
I lead Melissa over to the sofa on the other side of the room. We sit side by side, hand in hand.
“What’s wrong, Jai?”
“I need to speak to you about last night.” Melissa stares at me, unblinking. “Last night, while I slept, you teleported out of the room and ended up at the forest’s edge.”
“Oh,” Melissa sighs. “How did you find out?”
“Drew woke me up and told me where you were.” I stroke my thumb over her knuckles. “I spoke to you, but you didn’t answer. You seemed to be asleep; your eyes were glazed over. Why didn’t you tell me you were having problems enough to sleepwalk?”
“I wasn’t sleepwalking, Jai.” She sighs again, lets go of my hand, and gets out of her seat. She bites the pad of her thumb while pacing.
I stand and take her hand in mine. “What is it, Melissa? What aren’t
