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Chapter 11
I stayed away from the hospital for almost two weeks, living in a dreamless world of darkness and sullen sorrow until my parents started to get worried. I began to go to sleep tired and wake up even more tired, stuck in the continual cycle until, eventually, I gave up and decided to stop taking the tablets. I stared at my gaunt and pale face which looked as if I had been ill, my long brunette hair seemed to have lost all life as well and hung in a stringy mess. Somehow I couldn’t shake the feeling that I had become a mere shadow of my former self because I had stopped seeing Morpheus. I was still hurt, but Miss Clark’s entrance into my dream didn’t bother me as much as it had.
I plaited my hair and made a mental note to get something to bring it to life again before I tugged on a dress I knew made me look good, covering my face with a thin layer of foundation and finishing my makeup off with eyeliner and mascara. At least the foundation made my skin look mor
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I collapsed onto my bed, physically and mentally drained after my day at the hospital. My mind flickered back to the conversation I had partially participated in with Miss Clark. The truth is that I struggled to pay attention to what she was saying, it all seemed so far off and outlandish that it could only exist in a fairy tale or some form of mythology – not in real life. Morpheus couldn’t be the guy without a name, he couldn’t be trapped between the dream realm and reality and there is no way on earth I could have any ability to magically free him. Miss Clark, on the other hand, appeared to believe differently.“Callista, you have to help him.” she had begged me as we made our way back to the ward.Her voice now echoed in my mind, raw with emotion. I had merely replied that I would have to have time to gather my thoughts before. Strangely, no matter how much I tried to deny all she said to me a part of me actually believed that there co
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After bandaging the bleeding gash on my thigh from Dareios’ blade, I got dressed for work. I felt bad that I had blown the restaurant off to work at the hospital yesterday so I felt that I had to make the day up, besides I didn’t really feel like seeing Miss Clark again. As I made my way down the stairs I could hear my mother laughing softly in the kitchen as my father sang an old celebration song in Greek, a view of them dancing greeted me as I entered the room. “Ha! Callista, come!” my father called out to me as he let go of one of my mother’s hands and held it out for me to grab. I couldn’t say no to him and so I joined in the madness, without even knowing what we were meant to be celebrating, dancing, singing and laughing until we were out of breath. “Stella had the baby this morning.” my mother informed me, showing me a picture of the healthy baby boy who looked just like a baby version of Mikael. I was ecstatic for my cousin and his wife, after
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“Heya little sis.” my brother’s crackled through my laptop’s speaker.I sat on my bed with the laptop lying on my crossed legs, my door closed against parental intruders. Sunday afternoons were always the best part of my week. It was the only time I could relax and express whatever was in my mind to the one person in my life who would understand no matter what. While Kayla was my best friend and I trusted her with most of my secret thoughts, she didn’t always understand where I came from – our cultures and backgrounds were too far apart. Niklos, on the other hand, had to share every situation with me and therefore he knew me better than anyone else. It was just sad that I couldn’t tell him about Morpheus. That was one thing he would never understand.“Heya big bro” I replied, turning on my camera so I could blow him a kiss.He chuckled and turned on his camera, revealing – surprisingly – a spotles
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“Excuse me? I’m what?”I was certain that I hadn’t heard her correctly. How could I be betrothed to an immortal god without even knowing it? And who on earth made the betrothal? Surely one of my parents would have to agree to the engagement for us to be betrothed and somehow I couldn’t imagine my mother making that deal with Hypnos.“You’re betrothed. Have been since before you were born.” she smiled sympathetically and patted my hand which gripped the blanket on her bed.“How?” my voice shook.“I’m not actually sure. To be honest, I only found out myself when I barged into your dream unannounced. I think that’s something you’ll have to bring up with Morpheus.”“Oh, I’ll bring it up with him.” I said through clenched teeth.Miss Clark laughed and squeezed my hand.“Go gently on him. The poor boy has had it rough lately.&rd
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I woke up to the sound of birds chirping in the tree outside my window and the sun streaming through my window, a perfect way to wake up if I may say so. Morpheus hadn’t come to me again, but this time I didn’t bother to call for him. If I truly needed him then he would come, I was sure of that. Besides, I didn’t really want to see him after what had happened with Ricky the previous night. I sort of felt as if I was cheating on him with Ricky, even though Morpheus and I weren’t together and nothing even happened with Ricky. Ricky had left soon after dinner with no more awkward incidents between us and he even gave me the weird side-hug he seemed to always give as if everything was normal.I looked at my bedside clock and swore. I was late! I yanked on a pair of jeans and the first shirt I laid my hands on while brushing my teeth, hoping to save time by not eating breakfast. Barely catching my father in time to catch a lift to school, I did my makeup in
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The doors to the haunted house were guarded by Miss Matthews and Miss Carlson, both armed with vicious looking swords which they crossed until we had paid the entrance fee. They were both dressed as geishas and looked as if they had stepped straight out of a Chinese action movie, apart from the fact that they weren’t Chinese that is.“Have fun.” Miss Matthews giggled as we passed, closing the door behind us with a resounding thud.Her giggle was distorted by the closed door, transforming it into a sinister chortle – as if she knew the secrets of the house which we had yet to come across. The path was lit with small lights which had been hung up on the ceiling to resemble stars. Potted palms encroached and added to the aura which made us feel as if the house had been abandoned and the garden had begun to suffocate the mansion. So far, no creepy beasts had jumped out of the trees so we assumed that they’d saved the best for later. We crept f
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By the time Robert finally joined us, his face deathly pale and his eyes empty, we were starting to get restless in the Cook’s restrictive lounge. Doc and his wife were still at work, although they would be home at any moment, so they hadn’t even heard the news. I contemplated calling them but Josh and Nana said that it would be pointless making them worry when there is nothing they could do – their hands would be as tied as ours were.Robert sunk down in an empty chair and said nothing, even when Nana poured him a cup of hot chocolate. The policeman who had accompanied him remained and asked Nana if he could search Kayla’s bedroom for any clues or information that they might have missed. I wasn’t too sure what they would find. Kayla wasn’t the crazy person who kidnapped some poor, unsuspecting teenager in the middle of a haunted house. For some reason I got up and followed the policeman up to her room, sitting on Kayla’s bed and watc
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I woke up partially disorientated but lucid enough to remember that I had to urge the policeman to search through the farms which lay to the west of our small town. I just hoped that the guy was still around. He seemed to be open to anything as long as it granted the possibility of finding Kayla.Kayla. Her appearance in her dream freaked me out a bit. The jerk had hit her repeatedly by the look of the bruises which had begun to appear. I would never be able to understand what drove a man to hit a woman – let alone one as sweet and caring as Kay. Another thought crossed my mind as I walked toward the lounge – how sure could Morpheus and I be that what Kayla had said in her dream was the truth? On the other hand, Morpheus was the god of dreams and should be able to tell the difference between what is dream and what is reality, right?“Any news?” I asked my friends who looked drained and withdrawn.Violet shook her head making her purple ha
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