Jenny's POV

It was raining; an army of icy raindrops were tapping the window pane, desperate to escape from the storm. Desperate to escape their fate; I watched them calmly from the other side of the glass as they slowly slipped further down the window, dragging other bead like droplets in their wake, until they disappeared from my view, other raindrops replacing them in a matter of seconds.

I couldn't sleep. Too many thoughts and questions crowded my mind to even think about having a restful night. I wasn't even sure if I was sane anymore, after living for so long in the fast lane maybe I was unable to believe that it was truly over and that he was dead. Maybe I'd imagined the Shadow Man that came to tell me of some kind of 'deal' that Tom had made with them. Maybe I'd imagined all the events that night, losing all hope of even pretending to myself that I was happy my soul mate was dead in the process. Or maybe, a quieter part of my mind whispered, calming my hysterical thoughts, what you saw was the truth and you just can't handle it. My stomach twisted anxiously as I processed the thought and somewhere in my mind it clicked and I knew that I was right. But the calm which stole over my mind receded almost instantly when I realised what it meant. No one was safe.

Summer's POV

My eyes flew open to check that it was safe before I realised where I was. The living room was silent except for the incessant tapping of raindrops on the window pane and the distant ticking of the grandfather clock in the hall. The sheets Zach and I had taken down from the linen cupboard to use for the sofa bed were twisted around my legs and my skin was burning up. I'd just had another of my nightmares. It was the same one every night and each time I couldn't change what was about to happen; I couldn't stop the floor and ceiling of my room from caving in, plunging me to my death. I couldn't stop myself from remembering how it felt to have what felt like a thousand tonnes of rubble fall on top of me. I began to shake uncontrollably and knew I needed to change what I was thinking before I woke Zach up, but this time I couldn't stop. The shaking just got worse until I had to get up and pull myself to the far corner of the room where I wouldn't feel tempted to wake Zach up and burden him with all that I'd been hiding. I felt hot tears roll down my cheeks as I remembered and desperately prayed that morning would come soon to banish my fears for another day. The truth is I'm not the same girl who agreed to play the forbidden game, Julian had seen to that. I remembered what happened between losing the first game and reappearing in the last. I remembered all of it.

Audrey's POV

I stared down at the vibrating phone in my hand like it was a snake. Even though the caller ID was hidden, I knew who it was - my parents. I took a deep breath knowing that if I answered I'd get shouted at for at least half an hour and tried to think whether it would be better to ignore it. My instincts said to answer. I sighed and raised the phone to my ear.

"Hello?" I asked hesitantly, hoping it was dad who answered and not mum.

"Where the hell are you?" A nasal voice snarled down the phone, not even bothering to ask if I was ok and I knew that my hope had been wasted.

"I'm at Jenny's house, remember? I told you the other day,"

"Don't give me that crap I'm not stupid, I went to Jenny's house this morning and neither of you are there. I can't believe you're so selfish, running away just to stop your family from reaching their dreams."

"What are you talking about?" I asked, my tone as brittle as glass.

"We're supposed to be going today!"

I frowned as I tried to figure out what she was saying and then realisation dawned. Crap! Taking my silence as her cue to continue, mum began to yell at me about how I was always getting in the way of her plans and how useless I was, but I couldn't focus on her hateful words. All I could think about was Germany, the place where all my nightmares had begun and where I had never wanted to return. All I could think about was how stupid I was to forget that my parents had arranged for us to move there.

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