Chapter 0507

I leaned in, capturing his lips with mine. He returned in kind, and gently lifted me, carrying me to the bed.

We collapsed on each other in a sweaty, satisfied heap. With my head resting on Enzo's chest, his arms around me, I felt completely and utterly safe. But still, I couldn't fight the heaviness that crept into my eyelids, pulling me into the welcoming arms of sleep.

But the world I slipped into was anything but welcoming.

I was back in the maze like tunnels beneath the campus, my breaths echoing in the dank, subterranean air. The shadow entity was there, a lanky figure up ahead, beckoning for me.

Curiosity, or maybe something darker, pulled me along. I followed.

forming a heavy knot in my

I lunged at the door, pounding on it with my fists. "Let me out!" I screamed, the sound of my voice mingling with the

were as white and jagged as ever,

the door,

from my

start, I woke up, gasping, drenched in sweat. Enzo was beside me in an instant, his eyes clouded with concern. "Nina, what's

was all I could manage, my voice barely above

He didn't need to, because he

tightly against him, enveloping me in his arms, his warmth chasing away the lingering terror that was quaking my

it signify an aspect of my subconscious? A warning of some sort? Or was it simply the

had been considering turning Enzo down about therapy; the

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