Chapter 37: An Old Dream

Ewan was dreaming.

He saw his young self happily hopping along a grassy path, toward a young girl, of the same age with him.

The young girl was squatting close to a river, throwing small stones into the calm water body, unaware of his approach.

When he noted that the girl was oblivious of his presence, he stopped hopping, and tiptoed toward her.

Standing right behind her, he covered her eyes with his small palms.

The girl didn’t shriek as he had presumed. Rather, she smiled and called his name. ’Ewan.’

He sighed dramatically, and dropped his hands.

’What took you so long?’ The girl turned to face him.

Ewan was startled by her blurred face.

Yet he heard himself speaking. ’Mother sent me on an errand. I’m sorry.’

’It’s okay. You are here now. Do you want to play?’

Young Ewan smiled widely, bobbing his head. ’It’s a pleasure, Princess...’

He bowed his head, causing the young girl to laugh, before getting on her feet.

As he played with the girl, he noted their ages to be around twelve or thirteen years old.

The sound of her laughter brought joy to his younger self.

At the moment, they were dancing without music. He was holding her hand up, and causing her to swirl as they watched in movies.

As they laughed and danced around, they didn’t take notice of their distance to the river.

He was swirling the girl, turning with her, when all of a sudden, his feet hit a large stone.

Before he knew what was happening, he was falling into the river headlong.

As he struggled to live, he heard the girl shout in fear and panic, heard her sobs when no one came to their aid thereafter.

She knew he couldn’t swim.

He was about to shut his eyes, about to welcome death, when he heard a splash.

The girl had jumped in to save him!

Yet he knew she also couldn’t swim.

He opened his mouth to tell her away, but swallowed water instead.

He felt her grab his clothes, and pull him toward the shore.

was afloat, how

again, he

him, neither did he feel her around

he heard the shouts from people

had successfully called for help, he succumbed to the

eyes slowly opened in the real

and became instantly aware of his dry tongue and

He needed water.

calling for Sandro, but what came out of his mouth was a

his hand to scratch it, hoping to quell the irritation, but then his gaze met his right hand,

harshly, glaring at the offending

at the act of inhumanity, but for the fact that he felt nothing; right before his brain brought

Acupuncture.

then that he looked around

space as one of the private rooms in

room contained two big beds, a television, a

tried sitting up to survey his surroundings much better;

in his

in Athena’s office, what had led him to

of

furrowed his eyebrows, however, when he

this?

pins on his body, he couldn’t but wonder who his

skilled in acupuncture

him. He sighed again, and looked around the room, searching for a

the bedside bell used to alert

He saw none.

spotted his phone by the bedside

picked it, and called

no answer, but he heard the shuffling of feet outside

seconds later, the door to his ward opened and Sandro stepped into

by doorpost, probably wondering if

gestured that the

Zane instantly obeyed.

two males reached him, there were

look better, Ewan. She did a better work than

knowing

Athena.

he had brought trouble

How could he

mentally, only stopping when the dream he just had, resurfaced

He exhaled wearily.

dream? Did the fates not want him to stay away

off all contact with her, only endeavoring to transfer to her account every month,

Ewan hated liars.

being treated like

to his plans. He had to take care

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