Jasmine's POV
My body thrashed against sweat-soaked sheets, trapped between sleep and terror. Each breath came in ragged gasps as the nightmare consumed me completely.
I was standing in the center of our palace, but everything had changed. Walls crumbled around me like broken promises. Smoke choked the air while flames licked at ancient tapestries. The metallic tang of blood filled my nostrils.
Steel rang against steel in deadly symphony. Bodies fell across marble floors that had once gleamed with pride.
Lina fought beside me, her golden hair darkened with perspiration and grime. Luis's usual smile had transformed into a feral snarl as he cut through enemy after enemy. Stephen crouched low, muscles coiled like a spring ready to strike.
Then my blood turned to ice.
