"Again!"
I leap off the raft, grabbing onto the steel rail and with a tired exhale, I swing back and hurl myself onto the next rail. And the next. And the next.
My mind slips away from the men gathered below the gauntlet, watching me like I am animal on exhibition, and for a moment, I slip back into my nightmare.
Violet eyes with gold hints narrow at me.
My grip falters and I fall.
The mat smacks my back, knocks the air from my lungs. For a long moment, I just lie there, staring up at the rails like they might fall and crush me too.
I've been seeing him everywhere.
A hint of silken silver hair here and there. Black robes in the dark. A deep seductive laugh that creeps under my skin and leaves me restless. The kiss of his teeth in my skin and the pain that tears me from the reoccurring night mare.
