"I don't know," Brax replied.
"Logan, we have to ask her what she keeps seeing? This is out of the ordinary. Maybe it was her brother. She mumbles his name whenever she dreams about him. She hasn't this whole week," Nixon pointed out.
Logan stroked my hair and I began to relax, wishing I could go back to sleep. The darkness clung to my mind and I longed to accept its invitation, anything to rid the haunting scene from my memory.
"Jewel, you need to tell me who died in your dream."
"No. I want to sleep," I mumbled.
The room was silent and I thought I'd finally get to sleep but I felt a hand gently rest on my arm.
"Jewel. Is it the same dream with your brother?" Nixon asked.
His voice was firm and drew my attention.
"Yes," I mumbled.
"Does he die?" Nixon pressed. "...No," I replied.
"Who dies, Jewel?" Nixon whispered and I fought the darkness that was waiting to take me away.
I didn't want to reveal anything, wanting to just fade into the darkness, but my instincts told me Nixon wouldn't let me and the longer I prolonged it, the higher the chance sleep would leave me, the memories from my dream left behind.
I decided to say the word so I could go back to sleep, and I prayed in the morning I wouldn't remember anything.
I let the darkness take me, mumbling the single name.
"Zane."
***
“What time is it?” I mumbled when I reached the kitchen, still feeling sluggish after taking a long shower and changing into shorts and a crop top.
I had a headache but I didn't feel like a seizure was coming.
I still took my meds when I woke up, Alice forcing me to do so with her threat of staying home from her flying date with Koa to watch over me if I didn’t.
It was Sunday afternoon and we had one week before our final exams.
The weeks seemed to fly by after our break and with the increase in tests, assignments, and magic battles, we'd been too caught up to take a break till now.
We'd been doing study sessions until yesterday and decided to take today off.
I woke up to Kage sleeping next to me, holding me tightly.
Alice was in her fox form curled next to my head and Koa sat on the headboard as if guarding over us.
When I woke Kage up, he asked if I was okay, but I had no clue why he seemed so worried.
My guess was I had some type of dream about Brother again like I'd been having all week.
I couldn't remember what happened, but I assumed it was the same as always.
What else would cause me to cry and scream in my sleep?
"You're awake, Precious? To answer your question, it's one in the afternoon." Logan was at the stove making what looked to be hamburgers.
I mumbled my thanks, rubbing at my eyes, my vision blurry with sleep.