Lorelei

I sat up with a violent gasp, my body jerking upright as if dragged from deep water. I tried to blink away the haze from my vision but it clung to me like a second skin.

My fingers brushed against sodden sheets—I’d sweat through them. I threw the covers off, the movement cost me as dizziness swam in my head.

An Inexplicable, oppressive heat radiated from around me, licking my skin and seeping into my bones.

My skin prickled, every hair standing on end. The hairs on my ...