MATTEO
Furious bangs on my door jerked me awake.
I sat up in bed for a few seconds, trying to find the line between my dreams and reality. I hadn’t even realized that I fell asleep until the banging noises on my door awoke me, a wicked headache setting in as the knocking intensified. For some reason, o thought I was dreaming and imagining the noise.
When did I fall asleep? I wondered again.
The last thing I remembered was heading back to my room after Tobias and Hades settled down for lunch. Throughout the tour of the hotel, I’d been shaken by their sudden appearance, especially Thekla’s when I’d kept the kiss away from her and nearly seduced Xenia for a repeat of it.
Sometime between drowning in those thoughts and my guilt, I must’ve drifted off to sle—
“Open this f*****g door or I’
