Locked Heart
CHAPTER 1
DREAMS
"AHH!"
It took her a few minutes to get out a confused and groggy daze to finally see the truth.
"Another nightmare…"
And the same one that's she's been dreaming this month. Fire, hot and stifling danced in her sight, the town she was born and grew up in burning down right before her eyes. Her parents dead, her teacher terribly injured and a silver blur flashed before a sword longer than she was tall was stabbed through her and pain making her blank out and wake up. The silver blur was a new addition, she noticed.
"Bella? Are you alright? You're not hurt are you?"
"Uh…No mom, I'm alright!" The blood pooling on her bed sheets said otherwise. She'd need to wash them again before she left for school today.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes mom! I'm fine!" Despite the pain pulsing on her side she kept her voice cheery. She wasn't exactly a good actor but she's gone through this enough times to be convincing.
"If you say so…You can leave the bed sheets in the laundry basket until school ends. I'll wash it for you."
She winced. Renée had also gone through this routine enough times to know when she was lying through her teeth.