Chapter 38

Talia wanted to wake up, but she couldn’t tear herself away from the nightmare she was having. 

It was the same scene over and over again. 

Alina pointed at her in front of the whole school, exposing her as her dead cousin who was actually alive. Her uncle’s angry face. Guards dragging her away, and finally the blade coming down on her neck.

She woke up gasping, her sheets soaked with sweat. Her heart pounded so hard it hurt.

She looked around, relieved to find that she was still in her dorm room.

“It’s just a dream, Talia,” she muttered to herself, and buried her face in her...