Chapter 104

Danyal meets my gaze in the mirror. "Talk to me, Carina, what happened?" Shutting my eyes closed, I think back to my nightmare. The cries of pain, the red eyes, the woman in black. Danyal touches my shoulder and I recoil away from him. He looks down at me in horror, confusion and worry slipping back and forth across his face. "Carina?" I pick at the skin around my nail, I watch a small drop of blood blossom from the wound. "I had a nightmare," I say. "And I hit my face on the end table, I didn't think I hurt myself really. Maybe a bruise but that was it." Danyal wraps his arms around me and rests his chin on my shoulder. He buries his face in my hair and breathes in deeply. "Tell me what happened." "I was running through the woods back home, we were separated, the pack was fighting. I was running away from something and," I stumble over my words. "And I fell, it got me, and I woke up." Danyal's hands move dow