Chapter 23. Losing My Mind

For the next couple of days, I secretly investigated the growling sounds I heard a few nights ago. As I asked more people, I started to think I had lost my mind. None of them heard the growling or felt the shaking of the ground.

I dragged myself back to my room, feeling defeated.

'Am I really going crazy, Avi?' I asked.

'You are not, Maia. You want to know what I think?' she said, asking if I wanted to hear her theory.

'What?' I asked.

At this point, I did not care anymore.

'I think that this is your trauma,' she said slowly.

'What trauma are you talking about?' I asked, laying down on the bed.

'The trauma that your body endured when you were kidnapped by Uriah and lost your baby,' she said.

I stopped for a second as my mind brought back the memories of the past.

I shook my head, hoping the nightmare would disappear as well.

'I disagree,' I said firmly.

'You disagree, but the