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Juni closed the door behind Oliver and breathed a sigh of relief She was on infored into her bedroom, stripped down to her skivvies and collapsed on to the bed She hadn’t felt this drained since she had the heart transplant The ard thoughtoblivion of sleep Afraid of soht to stay awake before falling victim to her weariness

TheShe was in a black sedan with Oliver at the wheel Rain pounded onto the roof and the road in front of them

“It’s really co down out there,” she said

“I know I’lad we’ll be home in the next fifteen minutes People tend to lose the ability to drive when it rains”

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?Lose? I’d say half of them never possessed the ability in the first place,” she said

Juni found herself laughing even as the panic set in She kne the story ended, and she had no desire to experience it in person They said if you realized you were drea you should be able to wake yourself up Wake up! Come on! Wake Up! This is just a drea happened She atte on the car , and found she was paralyzed She watched in slow motion as the car beside them veered into their lane Oliver jerked the wheel to his left, and the black sedan fishtailed, careening out of control as it slauardrail

There was a moment of resistance, and then they were airborne A screah her body as her head slalass Unlike Oliver’s wife she ide-ahen the car hit the water and began to fill No matter how an to hyperventilate as the water crept higher up her body When the water reached her chin a brown haired woreen eyes, she was a vision with a kind voice

“Let rasped the seatbelt that kept her held hostage, and paused

“We’re in your ive me the power to do so”

“Do whatever you need to”

An allea she’d sold her soul to the devil

“Done”

The world around her began to spin and her lids drifted closed