CHAPTER 029

GIDEON'S POV

*Back to the present*

The familiar buzzing of my phone pulled me from the darkness, dragging me back to reality. I sat up, my breath uneven, my pulse hammering in my ears. My body felt tense, a thin layer of sweat clinging to my skin despite the cold air in my library office.

That dream again.

It never left me, haunting me every year like clockwork. The scene replayed in my mind, vivi