LAMIA

I awoke with a start to find everyone standing over me, talking in hushed whispers. When I say everyone, I mean everyone: my mother, father, the king and queen, the Royal Beta and Aunt Olivia, Mike, and Kellen.

The immediate feeling of loss filled my heart and I clutched my chest at the tight pull as all of my emotions hit me at once. The vision, dream, whatever you call it, was far from my mind as I took in the crowd. I looked at each of them and only then realized that I ...