Chapter 74

　　Valerie.

　　I stirred out of sleep and opened my eyes slowly. I looked around and I saw that I was lying on a bed in a cold dark room. I sat up on the bed and looked around I’m confusion.

　　I climbed down from the bed and as soon as my feets touched the ground, the room I was in faded into a large, open meadow.

　　The sun was shining and there were no clouds in the sky.

　　The smell of freshly cut grass drifted across the meadow with the clippings scattered over the turf. The branches of the giant oak tree swayed to and fro in the wind, shaking the leaves, so they fell like raindrops, their green color fading and replaced by patches of brown.

　　The meadow was spacious, with a collection of trees and bushes guarding the perimeter.

　　I noticed a swift movement behind me and I quickly turned around, but there was no one there.

　　I felt a shiver in my skin as fear crawled beneath it and I folded my arms against each other, rubbing it.