The dream.

Rose’s POV

There was darkness.

I ran around the cold forest, around the halls, around places I didn't know. I didn't know where I was, the images were all mixed, but I ran from something. Something that was behind me.

The growl came again before I found myself on the ground, suffocating under the glowing blue eyes. More growls came filling my ears until I could barely hear myself.

“You can't escape.” They said.

Still I struggled, even though I felt their growls and laughs and hot breaths against mine. I screamed and still fought, even as pain bloomed from my body and I felt myself rendered.

Something pushed up against me, and a muffled voice came out of nowhere. I couldn't notice it. Not against the loud growls that sent me screaming.

“Rose!”

I stilled, meeting darkness.

“You're safe.”

The rest became muffled, as though I was drifting through. I had said something, I heard something in return. A comforting voice told me a story.

Something threaded through my hair, sending comforting