*Marcus*

The dream ended, and I awoke with a start.

I almost couldn’t believe what had just happened. But it made everything fit so perfectly into place. Everything that had happened these past few hours. Arealla had not left me.

***

-Flashback-

I turned away from them and headed straight back to the house. There was no way that I could get the image out of my head. No matter what I did, all I could see was Arealla sitting on the bank of the ...