Chapter 29

Coming to again, Eve slowly opened her eyes and gasped. She could see, and she was in her bedroom.

She sat up, wincing at the pain in her head. Putting her hand over her eyes, she eased back against the pillows.

“What is going on?” she muttered. “Was that just a crazy dream or something?”

Her phone gave off the notification that she’d received a text. Groaning, she rolled over and reached blindly for it. She opened one eye to look at the screen.

Her eyes widened as she saw numerous texts and phone calls from Arec.

Opening the most recent one, she read, “If you don’t reply in the next five minutes, I’m coming over there. If you don’t answer the door, I’m breaking it down.”

Typing as fast as she could, she wrote, “I’m here, but come over anyway. Something strange happened.”

He wrote back, “I’ll be there in ten.”

Setting the phone down, she eased herself into a sitting position, trying to ignore her pounding head.

“I really need to take something for this headache,” she mut