#Chapter 520: Finish the Ritual

Nina I awoke with a start, gasping and clutching my chest. A cold sweat had caked my back, and as I sat up in bed, I noticed the ache in my limbs from tensing my muscles during my sleep. But my physical discomfort felt like nothing to the mental discomfort I felt. Selena’s words, even in my waking state, still echoed in my mind. “You have to hurry,” she had said. “You have to finish the ritual…” I swallowed, confused. That was no dream; it was a vision, or maybe even a visit to another realm of sorts. And the words that Selena had spoken hadn’t been imagined. She really had spoken them. But how? And what did it all mean? “What ritual…?” I muttered to myself, rubbing my tired eyes. As I sat there, though, it hit me: my gaze wandered over to the journal that was sitting on my desk, which now sat closed, its translation tucked neatly between the pages. I had plans to find a good hiding place for it, maybe to even bury it deep in the forest where no one could find it a