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ny's abrupt call

ring the silence around me. My hand instinctively flew to m

cerned voice pierced the air, s

remnants of the intense dream. "It was just a dream," I

e quickly!" Tony

reached out, placing a hand on my che

serious," I

and I didn't know. So, when I called out, she got startl

care of your mother," Carlo instructed,

happened," he

beneath my pillow. He noticed it gleaming faintly in the dim light, a curious

," I mumbled, still trying to make sense of th

is face before he composed himself. "I understand, Ciri. Sometimes those memorie

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