บท 122: The sleeping beauty of Elysium

-- POV Freya --

I was back in my room, night had already fallen and my family was around me. I had just had a dream that turned out to be more real than I thought and my mind was still confused. I felt as if I had come back from a distant world, where my reason had been lost unable to assimilate so much information.

I was in my bed, the black, soiled sheets sliding over my skin as I tried to figure it out. I couldn't move, my head hurt and for the first time I didn't feel well at all. Stuck in a daze, a voice brought me out of my thoughts.

"Honey ?"

Gaya knelt beside me to hug me and as I straightened up, I could see my little girl lifting her head. Shiro's eyes were puffy, her nose was running and her hair was all matted. I had never seen her like this before and at that moment my heart was clenching hard in my chest.

"Sweetie don't cry anymore everything is fine now okay ?"

"Y-Yeah *sniff* but...but you weren't waking up *sniff* I...I.."