Chapter 18.

~Avery~

When I looked back, I saw everyone sound asleep, what made my heart stop for a second, was that I saw myself asleep too. I was laying next to Alex, his arm wrapped around my shoulders like a shield, my chest rising and falling with every breath.

The ball of light floated deeper and deeper into the forest the closer I got and I followed closely behind. When I looked back, I couldn't see the fire pit nor the packhouse, I was far into the forest. I knew this place and I knew how to navigate through it yet a weird feeling surged through my veins as the ball of light stopped. It was floating in front my face as though it tried to communicate, I reached out my hand, and when my fingers met with the light, it grew into the size of a person. I stepped back, trying to reach out to Xena but I couldn’t, she wasn't there.

I gasped in shock, a puff of smoke leaving my mouth when I saw the light melting off into pools