Last night was freezing, I couldn’t get the fire going, and the only warmth offered was by Shadow lying on my feet. It was so cold that my bones ached, and I could not seem to get warm. I woke up multiple times, my heart slamming in my chest and my throat tight at the memory of my nightmares. I was plagued with nightmares of the night my grandmother died, only now I have three new people to star in it, making it so much worse.
The sound of my door handle rattling makes my consciousness slowly return; I blink, my eyes blurry from sleep, but I can tell it is still early; everything is cast in that moment before the sun comes up. A sleepy shadow that I wish I could let pull me back into sleep, only this time, I didn’t want those dreams to be full of nightmares.
Rubbing my eyes, I sit up, lo
