Chapter 241

Carter

The dream was cold.

It was empty and void of emotions, and though I tried to snap myself out of it, I couldn’t. I just found myself feeling like I was in trance.

Maybe it wasn’t a dream. It felt too real to be a dream, and yet it felt too cold for it not to be. I couldn’t understand.

“Come back to me,” her voice whispered. Soft. Feminine. Hollow. “You were mine before they pulled you away. You can come back to me, it’s never too late. Just allow me in, Allow me inside your head.”

I tried to move. Couldn’t. I wanted to run but I couldn’t. I was trapped. It was as if I was being called back.

The mist was thick, clinging to me, bleeding into my veins like poison. I felt it again… the weightless trance, the way my limbs moved without my consent. Her voice weaving into my bones.

“Don’t fight me. You didn’t fight me much before you allowed me in. You were able to feel my strength.” Tatiana breathed. “You are mine. All you have to do