Chapter 24 - Hollyn

Something poked and pushed at my mind. I knew I was dreaming but couldn't figure out how to wake myself up enough to stop the intrusion.

"Hollyn."

I recognized that voice. It was straight out of my living nightmare. The master had found me.

"Hollyn. You shouldn't have run. And you shouldn't have harmed Mattias. We are coming for you. All of us. The destruction that happens now can all be laid at your feet."

I shook my head. "No. No. You stay away. I won't let you hurt them."

Talking to that voice was my greatest mistake and would become my downfall. It latched onto something inside me. Something so deep I didn't know where to find it in my own psyche.

I lay there paralyzed as whatever it was slid under my physical skin. Like foxtails from the Valley that burrowed in my heels, it slithered and permeated my entire body. It tainted my soul with its darkness.

My eyes flashed open as adrenaline poured through my system. I had to get out of here. They were coming. They wer