CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: THE SEDATIVE

THE SEDATIVE

I still wander in the forest letting the sun rays bathe me. I can't see a thing. My head is in disarray. It is at times like this I need her, Anne. But Nathaniel locked her up. I don't know how but he did. Now everything is coming to me.

From the moment I started watching Laylah, the neighborhood felt different. I felt new. Evolved. But I didn't pay attention to it then. I thought it didn't matter but here I am.

My head is hot. Headaches came rushing in and still are rushing. I'm hearing those sounds I always hear, frogs croaking.

I find myself out on the road. I can see tall trees and the coal graveled floor but my utmost priority is Nathaniel "How dare he?"

I have mistaken the library incident to be a dream. I know a piece of me was missing. And Nathaniel made me find it. It's like he planned all of this in a stepwise manner and I am the chess piece lurking close to danger.