章 44: Tormented by Ah Cheng and the Blood Tattoo?

Those two weeks passed without event, besides one night on the last day of the second week.

Abrial was sleeping peacefully in the bed in the cottage, when suddenly a frown creased her forehead. The tattoo on her collarbone began to glow.

Her vague, sunny dream had turned vivid, suddenly. It had melted away into a dark room, which was lit by a flickering red fire in a hearth.

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Everything in this room was so realistic that it seemed more like she was awake than sleeping. But again, she seemed to only be a ghostly presence in this dream, and not a person interacting with it. She could only observe as the scene unfolded in front of her.

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