Alpha's Nightmare

another through her body. Emily clutched her bag tighter, holding it like a shield in front of her body as the misty, humid air visibly wafted through the awakening c

that her father had probably managed to pick himself up from the floor by now and was most likely already looking for

d felt loved, she had felt safe at home. She lived in the certainty that she could always return home, no matter what happened to her in the outside world,

onto her shirt. She couldn't hold them back and soon she was

ou all

e tears that kept flowing relentlessly blurred her vision so that she could only m

le. "Yes, I'm fine." The tremor

me closer. "I don

ried in vain to smile. Instead, her p

iding from

e. He looked friendly, but a serious, worried expression weighed hea

away with her, projecting the images of last night's dream into the miserable reality of this morning. Pr

apparition's voice sou

e," she

," he replied. "But your tea

or how to react, so she stayed

at something happened. Otherwise you wouldn't be standing in the street in your pa

rson in front of her really existed. In her state of mind, anything seemed possible. So maybe her burning desire for pro

ilence. "Come," he said, holding out his large hand. Noticing her hesitation, he added q

n, Emily carefully pl