Chapter Twenty-Three

I was slumbered on top of the softest silver sheets. The bed shifted from a delicate mattress to a silver liquid that resembled the chemical element of mercury. The liquid was neither dense nor fluid but it kept me from drowning in its contents.

A humanly figure with no face rose, drenched from head to toe in the silver liquid. The figure grasped my arm tightly, pulling me deeper into the contents.

Another figure rose from the other side, tugging tightly on my other arm. The hands constantly tugged me to their preferred side as if it were a claiming game but each time this was done I silently disappeared deeper into the liquid finally vanishing from sight.

The suffocation from my dream invaded my lungs, creating a burdening heaviness that became worse with every second. I couldn't feel any oxygen enter through my nasal canals. My throat reacted, creating noises of lack of air.

I opened my eyes and gasped for some air. My lungs inhaled and exhaled heavy breaths of air to make up f