CASSANDRA
When I awoke, my vision was blurred, and my head swam with incoherent thoughts. As I fought back the dizziness, my eyes began to adjust, and images of the Moon Goddess and the Holy Moon appeared.
For a moment, I stared at them and wondered if this was the afterlife.
Had the bear managed to take my life? Was I… dead?
Suddenly, the room came into focus, and I recognized the mural I’d painted on my ceiling long ago. I wasn’t dead. I was in my bedroom, tucked tightly into bed.
How had I gotten here?
Suddenly, I felt the soft touch of a warm hand on my arm. When I glanced over, I caught sight of Marley.
“Oh Cassandra,” she gushed in pure relief, and her pale green eyes glittered with tears. “You’re awake!”
It took me a moment to register everything. I blinked a few times and t
