The walls felt as if they were stretching and growing more and more narrow. The sounds around me were overwhelming. Guardian’s chattered, walking past my frozen state.
I recognized that scent. It was the same scent from the intruder in Blue Lake.
Citrus and cedar swirled around me as if it were alive. I felt intoxicated in the worst way. I came here for a fresh start. I left everything so that I wouldn’t be tied down.
Yet here I am, staring into a room that holds the one thing I’d just walked away from.
Lucia’s whimpering in my head made me reach up, covering my ears. It was all too much. The sounds around me. The scent. The whimpering.
Phantom’s face blurred in and out as he stood in front of me.
“Earth to Bailey,” Phantom grabbed my shoulders, shaking me, “Come here,” h
