RAVENSleep took me all at once, pulling me under before I could even process what they were saying.For a while, there was nothing and I suddenly began to feel very cold. I looked down and the ground beneath my feet wasn’t the bedroom. Had I mistakenly sleepwalked outside? I looked up and there was nothing but ash falling to the ground but I noticed a shadow in front of me. “Marek?”My voice echoed strangely, like it didn’t belong to me. For a second, nothing answered.Then he appeared. Not the way he usually did, in a shadow. Rather, he was solid and standing a few feet away from me. My breath caught in my chest.“Marek…” I stepped closer, my chest tightening as I took him in properly, the way I had never been able to before. “You’re—”“Don’t,” he cut in sharply, his voice rougher than I’d ever heard it.Something in me stilled. He wasn't usually this harsh. What was going on? “I saw you,” I said anyway, softer now. “You were here. Fully here.”“That doesn’t mean anything,” he rep
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