My throat felt dry. I wrapped my arms around myself. “I...I didn’t mean to. I swear, I was dreaming. I didn’t know…”
He stepped back, looking me over. “Do you have a habit of sleepwalking?”
“No,” I said quickly. “Never. Not once. This has never happened before.”
He looked around. His body was tense. “Something’s not right. You were too far from camp. What if you’d walked off a cliff? What if someone was waiting out here?”
“I don’t remember coming here,” I whispered. “It felt so real. The dream... I thought I was awake.”
He stepped closer again and placed a hand on my cheek. “You’re shaking.”
“I saw Kael in the dream,” I said. My voice broke. “He told me I was cursed. That I didn’t belong. My parents were there too. They said that I was a mistake.”
Rylan’s jaw tightened for just a se
