Flashback ( PDFDrive )

SEVEN
VOICES FADED IN AND OUT. Some Sophie recognized. Some she
couldn’t place. And most of the words were lost in the layers of black.
The pain was only a memory now.
Gone but not forgotten.
Another thing to carry—and she would.
But the fear . . .
This was not the kind of terror she’d battled before.
This was solid.
Tangible.
A monster in the dark.
Prowling into the prickliest places. Feasting on what’d been hidden
away.
Growing stronger. Fiercer. Dragging her down.
“Sophie,” a voice whispered. Wrapping around her heart and
pulling her closer. “Sophie, please wake up.”
She tried.
But the monster was too strong.
And the bright light of reality was too full of horrifying
possibilities.
Neither was safe.
Panic coiled tight, and the voice seemed to understand.
“Okay,” it told her. “Just sleep.”