Altan:
"Why did you leave me behind?"
I saw him in the shadows, standing there—someone I had betrayed.
"Everyone is right about you. You're a coward."
I grimaced in my sleep, the finger pointing at me making me turn over in bed.
"You're such a coward."
"I didn't want to leave you—behind—," I gulped, trying to wake up. I knew I was in deep sleep, paralyzed. And I needed to wake up.
But just when I thought I could, I saw her behind him.
Now both of them were pointing their fingers at me.
"Helanie—" I wasn't shocked. She always came to my dreams to haunt me.
What I did that night would stay with me. She didn't deserve it.
The way she asked me to stay with her, begged for them to leave her alone—I would never forget that.
"He's always like this. He leaves the people who love him behind," he said to Helanie. My heart trembled and tears welled up in my eyes.
"No! I didn't leave you behind—" I screamed, and that's when I finally forced myself to wake up.
