Her eyes sparkled with joy that made Rowan look away. Her look was blinding.
"As long as you believe that it is not real, the nightmare would break." he raised a brow at that.
"You mean these woods are not real?" Was that all she wanted to say? Could it be that she was a crazy woman instead?
"Yes, these woods. Those knights and this palace. Everything's an illusion made by your imagination. As long as you realize that it is fake, the curse should break?" He looked at her as if she had suddenly grown another head and blinked.
"Are you serious?" her brows furrowed, why would she lie.
"Fine!" Rowan closed his eyes, "nothing of it is real. I am in a nightmare." he repeated her words five times as if it was a chant that could bring gods but nothing happened. When he opened his eyes again, they were still standing near a tree in the woods that hold Grand Corner run by his father.
