As I lay in the dark, against the stone floor, my mind refuses to rest. It’s like someone left every door and window in my head open and the wind is howling through, carrying fragments of memories, feelings, fears. None of it is cohesive.One minute I’m reliving the battlefield. The next, I see Valeria’s face twisted in anguish, her hand reaching for something, or someone, just out of reach. Then I see her with him. With Ramsey.I squeeze my eyes shut tighter, trying to will it all away, but nothing works. Even once I finally drift into sleep, it’s restless. Shallow. I’m tossed from one nightmare to another, waking up with my heart racing and my throat raw from screaming. Every time I open my eyes, I swear I see her silhouette, just there on the edge of my vision.But she disappears every time I blink.Finally, I fall deeper into unconsciousness, but nothing about this sleep feels peaceful.The world around me is off. It’s all wrong. Everything is tinted a little too blue, like a memo
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