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244. Reaching Out
~ CASIMIR ~
It was an hour or more after Maya had fallen asleep before I dozed off. But my sleep was uneasy. Tense. I couldn’t get comfortable in that pathetic cot, and kept half-waking, shifting my body to change position and try and release myself from the sensation that there was a great weight pressing down on me.
But then, just as I’d sunk deeply into sleep for the first time…
‘CAZZ!’
I shuddered awake and sat bolt upright.
The scream was so loud, so present, for a moment I was certain Jesse had returned and was in the room. I came awake with such a jolt, my entire body quivered and my chest heaved. I was on my feet and ready to shift, turning, looking, searching… but she
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