Chapter 48 : Nightmarish Dreams

*Delilah*

When I woke up from the prophetic dream, sweat covered my body. My heart was pounding and I thought the end was near. It might be if anything in my dream comes true.

I sat up, wiped the sweat from my forehead, and tried calming my fast-beating heart. I noticed a jug of water on the floor and reached for it before trying to chug it all but I only succeeded in getting a few drops of water before it ran out. I tossed the jug back onto the floor and swung my legs over the side of the thin mattress, my chain rattling on the floor. I sat with my head in my hands and took a deep breath.

The dream rattled my confidence but it was early in the morning so I decided to try out different plans to see if anything else might work.

I ran through a few scenarios, acting them out like different simulations, but everything kept coming up badly.

Many of the scenarios I thought about, ended with my injury or death. Although, in some of those, I sacrificed myself and brought down the