24. Rune
Rune
My eyes snap open.
The weight in my chest moves. Lifts. Pulling me until I’m sitting.
It’s dark. The clock says four in the morning.
And I…
I need to get up.
Half awake, moving because I feel like I have to, I fling my blankets back and climb out of bed.
My steps are quiet on the wood floor.
I keep my eyes mostly closed, but instead of walking me to the bathroom, my feet take me around the foot of the bed.
My brows furrow.
Am I still sleeping?
Then my steps stop. In front of my full-length mirror.
I reach up and rub at my eyes.
Am I sleepwalking?
I blink. And a flash of light shines off the mirror.
I blink again as alertness floods my system.
That flash of light shone through the mirror.
“What—”
I move closer.
My heart starts to beat faster.
Nothing slows it.
“Hello?” I whisper, feeling completely crazy. “Are you there?”
The reflection is just me. But that light… It was real.
I press my hands to the glass.