Chapter 4She dreamed.
What surprised Maya was her awareness of the fact. That didn’t happen for her. Usually, she slept too deeply to remember anything when she woke up, let alone have any sense of cognizance during REM.
So this recognition of the dreams while they actually occurred, this was most definitely unanticipated.
And not altogether welcome.
The normally soothing scent of antiseptic did nothing to settle her skittering nerves as she crept through the darkened hallways of the hospital. The entire place was deserted. No hum of electrical power, no murmur of voices, no sound of any kind. Even Maya’s footsteps were silent. The only thing she heard was her hammering heart.
“Hello?” she called out.
She waited.
Only her echo answered her back.
Stopping before the door to the stai
