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"No, it’s not," I said, turning to the , but the bright sky was dimmer Dusk had come and I hadn’t even known it

"This tiine--like the trees--that’s so tiht"

"It will get better, Caet soet better"

Chapter Eleven

I don’t know if it was all that talking, or the studying, or reed to putto sleep totally wasn’t a probleed to put on pajamas and brushthe pillow before I was one hundred percent out of it

And drea

There are a lot of kinds of dreams Liz and her books about the brain have told me that much is true There are "it’s finals week and I just remembered a class I haven’t been to all semester" dreams Then there are "my friends and I are the stars of a popular sitcom" dreams And, of course, there are the perfect day, perfect moment, perfect life dreams that come someti to go back to sleep and make the perfect moments last

This wasn’t like that

At first, it felt like the school must have been on fire, because the smell of smoke was so thick and real I was too hot, s in froainst the bonds, heard talking and laughter, and fought harder

I had to escape--outrun whatever it was that was chasing ht up to

And then the fire was over I was suddenly cold, and my feet were bare My blood felt war anyway

I had to keep running

There was sohting, trying to find my way out

"I should have known you’d be here"

The words were new They didn’t belong there And because of them I had to stop To think

"The least you can do is look atto you"

And that hen I knew the dream was over I turned to see Bex twenty feet away, arers

"Where am I?" I asked, but Bex just rolled her eyes

"Yeah, you’re lost You know every inch of this mansion, Cam If you expect me to believe that you of all people are lost--"

"This is the base up and down the darkened hallway I knew there was a narrow staircase behind Bex, leading to the foyer above To her fae, and beyond that, the world

"What a here, Bex?" I asked, suddenly afraid "What tiet here?!"

But Bex didn’t answer She just looked down at ht want to re to walk ahen I yelled, "I’!"

And then she spun back to e as she shouted, "Then what are you doing wandering the halls in thedown here? Why…You knohat? Never mind"

"I don’t knoas asleep and--"

"Sleepwalking?" Bex asked, then gave a short laugh "Likely bloody story"

"I wouldn’t lie to you, Bex," I heard"I have never lied to you"

For a second, her expression changed My friend was there, and she believed me She missedto say next was drowned out by the sound of pounding feet

"Cammie!" Abby appeared at the end of the hallway "Rachel, I have her,"until she heldme It was the first time anyone had dared to touch me since I’d tried to kill Dr Steve "Caain Do Not Do That"

And thenme from my aunt’s arms and into her own "Cammie, sweetheart, look at me Are you okay?"

"Of course she’s okay," Bex said

"Bex," Abby warned

"She’s fine! She’s just a…" Bex started, but she stopped when she saw rippedhere?"