I woke up screaming, my own voice tearing me out of the dream before I could stop it.
The nightmare had been vivid and awful , dark water closing over my head, the current pulling me away from my sister no matter how hard I reached for her. Her hand slipping. The waves swallowing everything. I had been shouting for her to hold on, and then I was gone, dragged under into nothing.
But it was just a dream. I pressed both palms flat against the surface beneath me and took a shaky breath.
That was when I realized something was wrong.
