Talia’s Point of View
When I woke the next morning, I have been hoping to find myself safe and sound in my own bed, curled up in my favourite pair of pyjamas after having fallen asleep while watching a movie. I wanted all of this, to have been a dream that I could easily forget and move on from, allowing me to finally enjoy my first peaceful morning all week. The universe, however, had the exact opposite of a peaceful morning in store for me.
I woke up to the sunlight streaming in through the curtains, blinding my eye sight and sending me rolling over in the bed. A low groan came from the mattress beside me, so quiet I thought I’d just hallucinated it. A hot steady breath washed over my face and maybe in this moment my delusion was stretching itself too far, but even that I chose to beli
