C23 Chapter 23

"Run, Elara, run!"

I jolted awake, drenched in sweat. Sitting up brought a sharp, blinding pain to the back of my head, making me wince as I tried to focus. That voice-it was my mother's. I'd had nightmares of the day she left for as long as I could remember. No matter how hard I tried to forget, the memories haunted me, reminding me just how unlucky I was.

"Don't get up too quickly