☉DANIKA
I spent the better part of the night tossing and turning, desiring sleep, but finding that it eluded me at every turn. My dreams were feverish and short, and in all of them, I could see Finarfin holding my chin, lifting it to his face, and then his face devolving into something monstrous until I snapped awake.
I could not sleep. And when dawn began to break over the cold night sky, I groaned because I had not had any sleep at all and I had training with Sonia again. My body was still sore and every time I tried to turn my head, I heard a cracking sound.
I sighed wearily as I put on my clothes and stepped out of my chambers, eyes still crusted with sleep.
“Lady Danika.” Someone called. I turned slowly for fear of my neck, and I was sure that I must have looked quite the sight be
