Chapter 4

GALINA POV

THE NIGHT PASSED HASTILY in a blur, getting introductions from roommates, and dinner in a kickass giant hall, and introduction to school seniors and all.

After everything, we retrieved back to our dorms for the night! Before dozing off, I sent a quick text to my mom telling her that I had arrived at the school and I was loving every minute of it. After conversing with her for a few minutes, I powered my phone off, pulled the blankets over my head, and within a split second, I was out!

Two floor-length walls with giant pillars on the sides, the floor tiled with what looked like the ancient art of the Maldivian times. Once again, I was lost in one of my dreams. I glanced around to take in my surroundings when suddenly, the whole room darkened as if lights were put out. A gasp tore through me when my bare feet came to contact with the hard cold floor beneath me!

What was once a lavish hall turned into a dark, bitter cold cradle that held the greatest animosity and all evil of this world. The harsh whir of the wind didn’t help anything but only added up to the raging turmoil of the storm inside.

Small light began to flicker in the room as the small candle torches released a bit of light. I knew this dream intimately.

The whispers were heard and shadows flickered in the darkness. This time, I had to know what this dream meant! I had to know what the shadow had meant when it called me Grisha.

I took a delicate step towards where it was seated previously! My heart was beating like crazy in my chest as my consciousness screamed “no” at me. I had to find out. I was given this gift for a purpose. Or at least that's what I believed!

“Not so fast little sweet!” the very same chilling voice from my previous dream called out causing goosebumps to painfully erupt from my skin. I shuddered and swallowed audibly as I tried to calm my racing heart down!

“Who are you?” I intoned, my voice held much curiosity and power than before, and I was glad!

“You don’t have to know who I am. But the prophecy has been fulfilled!” I thinned my eyes to focus on where the voice was birthed. I tried to take yet another step but it felt like my feet were glued to the hard ground!

“What prophecy are you talking about?” This couldn’t be happening. How can two dreams be so alike?

“Grisha!” The voice shrieked causing the land I was standing on to rumble and tremble, and then split into million cracks. A terrified scream tore out of me and that's when I tore from my bed panting heavily!

I could feel the rush of cool air on my sweat-covered skin. I willed my eyes to open and found the concerned looks of my dorm mates who were now surrounding my bed.

“Is everything okay?” One whom I came to know that she was Katrina and a senior conjoined handing me a glass of water.

I took it with my trembling hands and chucked down the whole liquid.

“Yeah, I am okay. Just a bad dream!” I said softly placing the glass in her awaiting hands.

“You don’t do well with new places do you?” another one asked with a comforting smile. I smiled back and nodded!

“Well, sorry to hear that. But we got to get up. The sun is almost up and today is going to be hectic. You guys are going to go for orientation and stuff. So it’s wise to make it quick!” Katrina informed moving from my bed and walking into our joined bathroom. One thing I loved about this place, each room had two bathrooms and that reduced the stress of sharing washrooms with the crowds.

I zoned out while listening to them chatting excitedly about what they were expecting from their day. My mind drifted back to the dream, cancel that- the vision I just had. It was the second night and I had dreamed of the same thing. What did it mean? What was Grisha? What prophecy was it talking about? And that place, where was that place?

All of these questions made me want to rip my hair straight from my scalp from how dizzying they were!

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The school campus was something I have never seen or even fathomed in my entire life! It was really befitting for it to be the biggest school in the entire world! The architecture exuded very much evident power and told the silent story of how big and important the school was. I was in depths of awe as we walked around taking in the glory of the majestic school. I couldn’t help the smile that had stretched on my lips upon the realization that I wasn’t in a dream!

I was very much awake and I was nowhere but in Varagrafena!

The day rolled over quickly with the busy tour around the school and its buildings. Before I knew it, it was evening and everyone was free to go over with whatever they felt comfortable with.

The entrance exam was due the next two days so I had this night and tomorrow to kill. With that, I made it my business to make a detour yet around the school and just breathe in the air of the City of Gold.

The next day was filled with meeting new people and going around the campus yet for another detour. It was beyond beautiful. At some point, I sat under a huge oak tree that was beside the Junior Library and just soaked in my surroundings. I pulled out my phone and decided to call my mom!

She needed to know that I was living my life at its best here and I loved every minute of it. The call went unanswered two times and I figured she was busy! I settled with just sitting there and enjoying my time!

Sitting under the cool shade of a big tree, I opened my e-reader and opened the previous chapter of the novel I was currently reading. The book was entitled Hybrid Zeus and His Mate and I loved it dearly. It was about this old sexy werewolf-vampire hybrid Alpha and his badass goddess Luna. It was really a lovely book and I loved how detailed it was. And the sex scenes, Gosh the dang scenes. They made me want to be there, to witness the sensation myself and that made me know that the author has done her job well.

Time seemed to fly and soon, it was late in the evening.