{Few days ago}

When I opened my eyes, all I saw was old furniture. I was in some cottage. For some reason, I felt good being there, like it was my home.

I looked around and saw a window, through which came the light to inside. I came closer to the window and saw a beautiful view that I've never seen before; there was a forest around the place and a river in front the house. I could notice it's almost sunset.

Suddenly, some sound interrupted my thoughts. It was not just a sound, it was baby's cry.

I turned right away towards a lullaby, where the baby was, and my first instinct was run to it.

"Shh, my dear" I said with soothing voice and carefully picked the baby into my arms.

And again, the voice was not mine, but I've heard this voice before, in my very first dream, right after I got that necklace.

"You have no reason to cry" I said, rocking the baby in my arms "Mommy is here, Anastasia, and she is here to protect you".

Anastasia? I've heard that name before. Trevor called me that name in the second dream.

Well, not me, the girl I presented in the dream.

I felt how I smiled to this baby that slowly began to calm down.

After the baby fell asleep, I put her back into the lullaby, trying not to wake her up. Thereafter, I took some jug and went outside towards the river.

I sat on my lap at the shore to fill the jug with water, but then I saw something that I didn't expect to; In my reflection I didn't see myself, it was not me. Instead, I saw another young woman, with long blonde hair, staring back at me.

Right after that, I woke up.

{Present day}

There she was, standing in front of me, across the road. I removed the phone, when she hung up and started to go towards her.

"Why did you give me this freaking necklace?" I asked and sounded angry. Until now, I didn't notice that I was mad at her because she stucked me with it without any explanation. And when I needed answers, she disappeared.

The woman just smiled at me and put the pendant in her hand "I'm happy to see that you kept it in safe".

"Are you serious?" I started to feel even more mad "I want the freaking answers and I want them right now!"

Just for the record, if I would have enough sleep, I wouldn't act like a craaazy, but the reason of my tiredness is this necklace. You can't really blame me for being so mad.

The woman just kept smiling at me and said "Come with me".

When we came close to a motel building, I got an answer from Elena. Right after I left with this woman, I sent her a message and said that I had to hurry somewhere.

The motel was God knows where, but weird that it was not so far. It was hidden and hard to find. I guess that only people who want to disappear for awhile come here.

"Please, come in" the woman said when she opened the door, but I was not so sure if I should. I don't know her. And what if she is some psychotic serial killer? Well, I guess it was the tiredness, again, because I entered to that stupid room.

It seems an ordinary motel room with a bed and stuff. Maybe she is not a weirdo at the end of the day. But, who knows. I can't say it just because I saw room she is living in, can I?

"Can I offer you a glass of water?" She asked and I nodded "Yes, please" I said.

When she went to a kitchen, I walked towards the wall, where I noticed different portraits of people from other centuries.

The portraits were very beautiful and accurate, but suddenly something caught my attention and made me stop breathing; the woman in one of the portraits.

I swear I know her. No doubt I saw her somewhere.

And right when I remembered where I saw this young lady, the woman from the store entered with a server in her hands, and put it on a little table against the cough.

"Is everything okay, darling?" She said and for some reason her voice was familiar, and it wasn't because I met her before. It's just... the voice. I've heard it somewhere else, especially with this accent.

"Who is in the portraits?" I asked right after I turned to her.

She looked at me and asked "Why are you asking?"

Without waiting any second, I took out of my bag the picture I took from the Lockwood's. On the picture were two people; a man I saw somewhere, but I didn't remember where, and a woman. She was the reason I took it because she wore the same necklace I got from the store.

But the necklace was not the reason I took out the picture now. The reason was that the woman from the picture is the woman in the portrait that caught my attention.

I turned the picture to her direction "Because it's the same woman with the necklace you gave me" I said and her reaction seemed weird to me because the only thing she did was smile.

{AUTHORS NOTES}

In the next chapter you'll get answers on most of the question. Are you ready to find out what the deal with the necklace and the dreams?

Hope you'll enjoy the rest of the story because there just two-three chapters left till the end of the first book ;)