Julian fell silent and then continued to look around the campus.
“Who are you looking for?” I asked. As if there was nothing more important right now. We had apparently had the same dream.
But what did that mean?
“Julian?” I waved my hand in front of his face.
“Wait...”
“What’s wrong with you today?”
“Sorry, Ems, I’m trying to find Bay right now.”
“Bay...” I blurted out soberly.
I told him about my nightmare, and we both realized that we had dreamed the same thing, and all he suddenly cared about was Bayla?
“What’s she got to do with it?” I asked with raised brows.
“I had a backache when I woke up, too. A scream woke me up.”
He continued to look over my shoulders.
We’d definitely both had the same dream. Without a doubt.
He looked back up at me. His gaze was more insistent than usual.
“I got up and went to the window because I had such a strange gut feeling.”
I no longer understood anything. But Julian just kept talking.
“She told me she had to go to the Quatura.”
“Who?” I asked.
“Bayla. I sensed that she wasn’t home last night. It was so strangely quiet over there.”
The fact that Julian too was sleeping five meters away from a witch sent a shiver down my spine. Just the fact that he could sleep peacefully in that neighborhood was a miracle.
Julian ran a tense hand through his hair.
“I swear to you, they did something to her.”
I looked at him uncomprehendingly.
“Julian... Let them do what they want. It’s none of our business.”
“You’re with us...” I almost said, but I kept my mouth shut. I couldn’t scare him off any more.
“No, Ems, you don’t understand.”
“Then explain it to me.”
“I think we both saw what she saw.”
By now, I was convinced that Julian had lost his mind.
“What are you talking about?”
Julian’s shiny green eyes snapped open as if he had just learned something earth-shattering.
“Ems!”
He grabbed me by the shoulders, and I shuddered a little. His hands were warm, his grip firm. He himself looked worried.
“Did she touch you?”
I could only stare at him questioningly. Wherever his thoughts were, they were far away from mine. I didn’t understand him at all.
“Touch me?”
Julian looked around again before continuing.
“Remember last week when I told you about the incident with her eyes in the forest?”
I nodded. How could I have forgotten a single detail from last week?
“You said you saw it, too.”
