Lily POV
"Lily, wake up brave girl." Ariel's voice pulls me from sleep. My eyes flutter open, but I must still be dreaming. I've never seen this place before. Why would I dream about a place I've never been? If I had to guess, I would say it's a castle like you see in horror movies. Great, now I'm going to have a nightmare on top of everything else.
A giggle has me turning toward the sound. I close my eyes and open them again before I pinch myself. "This isn't a dream, Lily," Ariel says. Her voice is still in my head, but my wolf is sitting on her haunches in front of me. So close I can reach out and touch her. "It has to be a dream, or you wouldn't be sitting in front of me."
"She's right, my child. This isn't a dream. This is your opportunity to speak with me," a feminine voice says
