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CHAPTER 148
~Valerie's POV~
No… No… No…
Tears kept streaming down my cheeks, and my head was pounding. My chest felt tight, like something heavy had settled inside it overnight and refused to move.
I sat in bed, clutching the blanket like a shield, the remnants of my dream still burning behind my eyes.
The lava. The screams. The flames that didn't hurt me, but devoured everything else.
It was too real, too loud and too familiar. For more than thirty minutes, I sat there, not doing anything much but just letting the memories of the dream rake through my mind.
Suddenly, a sharp buzz pulled me out of the haze, and my phone lit up on the nightstand. I reached for it with trembling fingers.
It was a message from my cousin, Solstice.
Solstice: Hey… Are you okay? I just… I don't know. I have this irky feeling that you're not alright. Shall I come over? Text me back when you get this.