Evie POV:
I had rarely awoken with such a terrible headache before. I wondered why I felt like I had been hit by a train. But slowly, the splitting headache gave rise to another feeling. A feeling that made me want to curl up and cry anew. I was sure I was being watched. In the absolute darkness behind my closed eyelids, I heard the gasping breaths of others. It bounced off the walls and returned to me, piercing me completely.
I knew the sound of emptiness well. I had listened to the screams bouncing off it for months. It seemed like ages ago, yet it was also yesterday. How was I back here?
For a moment, I tried my hardest to focus on the tip of my toes, trying to move them slightly so that the dream would pass. But soon enough, I found myself paralyzed.
It was a dream, I told myself. How could it be anything else?
I couldn't remember when I fell asleep or where I fell asleep, but it had to be that… right?
