Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 849:

“It’s getting colder. Make sure you stay warm.”

Allan approached from behind, his voice gentle as he draped a coat over her shoulders.

He handed her a cup of hot drink.

“Thanks.”

That night, the wind outside never let up, its eerie howls weaving through the darkness.

Once the lights went out, the room was swallowed by shadows. Rachel fell asleep quickly to the rhythmic sound of raindrops, but soon, a nightmare took hold.

She dreamt of Jeffrey. When she jolted awake, unease settled deep in her chest, though the dream’s details had already slipped away. Taking a slow sip of water, she lay back down and drifted into sleep once more.

awake at three in the morning, her body damp with

Jeffrey had been haunting her dreams lately, leaving her with an unshakable sense of dread. Her first instinct

She slept until eight, though waking up felt like dragging herself

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could still feel the dream clinging to her—that terrifying sensation of trying to pry her eyes open, of screaming with everything she had,

had seen Jeffrey, but they weren’t anywhere familiar. They were lost in a vast, haunting forest, a thick, suffocating mist swallowing everything in sight. Jeffrey had been running,

back, and no matter how

matter how desperately she chased him—she

eyes, a heavy fatigue settled

fact that she’d dreamed of Jeffrey so many times in one night unsettled her deeply, leaving a gnawing discomfort in her

as she got up, she couldn’t shake the feeling, so she turned to Allan,

a lot lately. I need to go see