Chapter 132: The In-Between

OLLIE

"Connected how?" I asked, though part of me already understood, what he meant. He was the kid in my dreams. The one with the scary monster always hurting him and I was the one who kept feeling the pain. I remembered the time my hand was burned with no explanation. It was him.

"The magic in the necklace, I think. I'm not really sure because Mama used a lot of things with me to hurt you," Riley explained.

"It tied us together so that we'd share life force. So that you will give me your life energy when I touch you, but it didn't work....