Violet

I thought I would wake up screaming.

I’d been bracing for the same dream, the one where Sebastian died and looked at me with anger, where I took every bit of it because I’d failed him. I told myself I would take it all. Even knowing it was only a dream, I would not fight back. I would not ask for forgiveness. I would accept the blame because part of me believed I deserved it for not leaving that family a long time ago.

That did not happen.

Instead, I had a nice dream for the first time in years. My parents and brothers were there, smiling at me....