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SHADOW

I woke up from a vague dream of walking to the cliff. That was the only thing I remembered. I got up from bed only to see my feet were dirty with mud. I also saw traces of dirt on the sheets. My heart pounded.

Did I sleepwalk?

It was only four in the morning. I cleaned my feet and texted Zarah. She would hate me to disturb her sleep at this time, but it was a kind of emergency.

While changing into jeans and a shirt, I checked Califf, but he was still sleeping. I got out of our room, and the portal was already there.

“What the hell is wrong with all of you?” I was met by the mad bull Zarah.

“All?”

“Yeah.” She walked away from me. “Your father just left for a business meeting.”

“You don’t even wanna know what’s the emergency.” I followed her to the kitchen.

“I take it you would tell me,” she said as she filled the kettle with water. Then she put it over the fire.

“I think I’m sick.” I opened her drawers to check if she had a silver cutlery. I wanted to test the theory I