I sat up with a jolt as a scream tore through my throat, rendering me breathless and frozen in fear as I realized it was just another nightmare. I sat panting as I tried to calm my raging heart, but even with my eyes still open it played before my eyes like a broken record player. I could still see it; Eli as he crumbled, Sam with a blade in her chest, the Sledge Sisters blue and blown to bits, and Liam, lying dead in a pool of his own blood. I tried to rid it by scrubbing my face with my hands, but it was useless.
The door of the room flew open, and I looked up to see him staring at me with the same expression I wore. He too trembled from a nightmare and wiped a cold sweat from his brow shakily. He said not a word as he entered and approached the bed. He sat on the edge and pulled me int
