“Help me! Somebody help me! I can't swim! Please help! Mommy!” The icy river swallowed the ten year old Raya whole, dragging her deeper with every panicked gasp. Her little limbs thrashed, lungs screamed for air, but the weight of the water wrapped around her like chains. The current tore at her little body, relentless and cold, until all she could see above was a distant shimmer of light…then nothing. Darkness. “Raya!” She woke up choking, a scream caught in her throat, soaked in sweat that clung to her skin like the river never let her go. Raya sat upright, shaking. The dream again. After ten years, it still clung to her like it had only just happened. “Raya.” Her heart stuttered. She turned toward the doorway, and there he stood, Noah Vale. Her breath caught for a very different reason. Even now, even after everything. “Noah?” she whispered. He was sitting beside her on the bed. Seems like he has just entered the room. But he stood up the moment she realized her surroundi
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