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Authors: Serena Simpson
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She couldn’t explain this crazy feeling in her heart even if you asked her to, but she needed to be with Rylan. It felt like a compulsion, something she could not walk away from.
“What happens when you leave here is different for every couple. What and who you see will be tailored to your needs. One of you could be tested or both of you. You will go into this unknowing and when the trial is over you will come out either bonded or not.” Selma’s soft voice finished the instruction.
“That doesn’t tell me much,” Aviana said looking at them but concentrating on the warmth of Rylan’s hand.
“It’s all we can tell you. Now you choose to enter or run.” Victor’s strong voice challenged her.
Aviana tightened her grip on Rylan and closed her eyes with a big yawn. Her mind slowly crept away as sleep took her.
*~*~*~*
As far as dreams went this one sucked. She was in a room that was pitch black except for a tiny shaft of light that really didn’t illuminate anything. She heard someone call her name as she tried walking around the room looking for a door, but she kept hitting her shins on things she couldn’t see. Finally, she sat down and refused to go any further.
“Aviana!” There was her name again. Who kept calling her and why?
She ignored the call. There was no way she was getting up again to keep hitting herself in the dark. It hurt. She would wait until she woke up to analyze this dream.
“Aviana!”
There was that voice again. It went over her like a blanket keeping her warm in the coldest winter. Her body trembled. She wanted to, no needed to find that voice. Something about it touched a memory she couldn’t access.
Without thought she stood, determined to brave the mine field that was this room. She’d do anything for a chance to bask in that voice. She moved slowly as her shins came into contact with razor sharp wires. Blood poured down her legs in little rivulets but she couldn’t stop.
She stumbled into the wall and gave a cry of relief, part one of the plan was accomplished—find the wall. Now that she found it, she could follow it until she found a door and was able to release herself from the room.
“Aviana,” the voice called again fueling her desire to find it.
Finding the door wasn’t easy. After the first time of walking the room, her heart sped up, the beat making her chest hurt. Fear was a nasty taste in her mouth as her thoughts told her to stop trying, all was lost. Nothing but sheer determination made her walk the room again. By the time she walked the wall the second time, she knew were every trap was. On the third time she avoided every one of them making her feel a little better and on the fourth time around, she finally found the door she was positive had not been there the first three times.
Turning the knob, she entered a room that was so bright she had to shield her eyes from the light. Even after closing them, she could still feel the rays of light like shards of glass.
“Aviana!” Thick arms wrapped around her. A remembered masculine smell tickled her senses. Peace invaded her body.
“Rylan!” Happiness warred with desperation and desolation. She had been so alone in the black room and scared although she refused to acknowledge it.
“Where are we?”
“It’s a way station in your mind. Turn down the light, Aviana.”
“I can’t.”
“You can. Act like there’s a dimmer switch on the wall and turn down the lights.”
She pictured the bright room looking at each wall until she saw one with the desired switch on it. She walked over to it in her mind and turned it, causing the light to burn even brighter. With fumbling fingers, she turned it in the other direction.
Her shoulders slumped in relief when the bright light stopped attacking her eyes. Cautiously she opened her eyes to peer around the room.
“We’re in my mind?” She turned around in his arms so she could see his face. He nodded.
“How can that be?”
“This is
“What happens when you leave here is different for every couple. What and who you see will be tailored to your needs. One of you could be tested or both of you. You will go into this unknowing and when the trial is over you will come out either bonded or not.” Selma’s soft voice finished the instruction.
“That doesn’t tell me much,” Aviana said looking at them but concentrating on the warmth of Rylan’s hand.
“It’s all we can tell you. Now you choose to enter or run.” Victor’s strong voice challenged her.
Aviana tightened her grip on Rylan and closed her eyes with a big yawn. Her mind slowly crept away as sleep took her.
*~*~*~*
As far as dreams went this one sucked. She was in a room that was pitch black except for a tiny shaft of light that really didn’t illuminate anything. She heard someone call her name as she tried walking around the room looking for a door, but she kept hitting her shins on things she couldn’t see. Finally, she sat down and refused to go any further.
“Aviana!” There was her name again. Who kept calling her and why?
She ignored the call. There was no way she was getting up again to keep hitting herself in the dark. It hurt. She would wait until she woke up to analyze this dream.
“Aviana!”
There was that voice again. It went over her like a blanket keeping her warm in the coldest winter. Her body trembled. She wanted to, no needed to find that voice. Something about it touched a memory she couldn’t access.
Without thought she stood, determined to brave the mine field that was this room. She’d do anything for a chance to bask in that voice. She moved slowly as her shins came into contact with razor sharp wires. Blood poured down her legs in little rivulets but she couldn’t stop.
She stumbled into the wall and gave a cry of relief, part one of the plan was accomplished—find the wall. Now that she found it, she could follow it until she found a door and was able to release herself from the room.
“Aviana,” the voice called again fueling her desire to find it.
Finding the door wasn’t easy. After the first time of walking the room, her heart sped up, the beat making her chest hurt. Fear was a nasty taste in her mouth as her thoughts told her to stop trying, all was lost. Nothing but sheer determination made her walk the room again. By the time she walked the wall the second time, she knew were every trap was. On the third time she avoided every one of them making her feel a little better and on the fourth time around, she finally found the door she was positive had not been there the first three times.
Turning the knob, she entered a room that was so bright she had to shield her eyes from the light. Even after closing them, she could still feel the rays of light like shards of glass.
“Aviana!” Thick arms wrapped around her. A remembered masculine smell tickled her senses. Peace invaded her body.
“Rylan!” Happiness warred with desperation and desolation. She had been so alone in the black room and scared although she refused to acknowledge it.
“Where are we?”
“It’s a way station in your mind. Turn down the light, Aviana.”
“I can’t.”
“You can. Act like there’s a dimmer switch on the wall and turn down the lights.”
She pictured the bright room looking at each wall until she saw one with the desired switch on it. She walked over to it in her mind and turned it, causing the light to burn even brighter. With fumbling fingers, she turned it in the other direction.
Her shoulders slumped in relief when the bright light stopped attacking her eyes. Cautiously she opened her eyes to peer around the room.
“We’re in my mind?” She turned around in his arms so she could see his face. He nodded.
“How can that be?”
“This is
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