She had been reading, not being able to fall asleep for she felt restless, her whole attention focused on the book between on the table, the silence only broken by the gentle scratching of her fountain pen on the paper.

That tug, though, brought her back to reality. She removed her glasses, placing them on the book’s open pages before turning to her sister and giving her a soft smile. 

— ❝ Something wrong? Another nightmare?.❞