Chapter 18

When I returned to the room, she was still sitting on my bed. As I sat down on my couch, which was directly across from my bed where she was sitting, I immediately spoke up, “Wait… Before you speak again… answer this first: how can I see you now? Why… why can you appear to me in reality but only in my dreams before?”

“I appear to you in dreams because I want your soul to get used to dreaming. With that, your soul will be able to help me… your soul will keep on dreaming, and you’ll be able to stay asleep even when I possess your body.” Her words sent shivers down my spine, but I didn’t let it show.

“Am I the only one who can see you?” I asked again.

“Yes… and I don’t know why. Maybe because you have my heart… you have something that was once a part of me…”

I didn’t respond to what she said, so she continued with what she was saying earlier before I changed my clothes. “So, as I’ve said… later, when you’re in a deep sleep, I will borrow it for the very first—we