Chapter 75

Day 19

I woke up feeling refreshed, the dream had delivered me a sense of peace, Kal's scent from it delivering me a deep sleep.

As I woke up alone and without it, a pain lingered in my chest, one I knew I couldn't afford to dwell on. I was desperately trying to remain focused and reign in my feelings, but I missed Kal so much it was like having knives pinning my body to the bed, unable to move, scared to even breathe.

I allowed myself five minutes to grieve, before picking up my mood by reminding myself that I needed to focus all of my energy on getting out of here. My thoughts drifted to how different the dream felt, how the note said that the necklace would lead me to my destiny, and that destiny was Kal.

The first time the dream happened I was unskilled, and fighting through it the whole time, too consumed with ignoring my powers and finding my way back to Kal, that I missed the whole point of it. I thought it was me, and not a younge