ELISA'S POV
Darkness swallowed me whole.
The dream began the way it
did the first time, without warning, without mercy. One moment I was floating in the mix of comfort and confusion of Azrien’s bed, the faint warmth of his presence still clinging to me even in sleep, and the next I was barefoot on cold, damp earth, the world around me drowning in darkness. The woods stretched out endlessly, trees towering like prison bars, their crooked branches tangling overhead to blot out the light the moon was supposed to provide.
My breath came fast as I ran.
I didn’t know how I got there, I didn't even know where I was, or where I was going. But I knew one thing with a terrifying certainty. Someone was after me.
The crunch of footsteps echoed behind me, slow at first, then quickening, matchin
