Chapter 10 Her Worst Nightmare

~Valerie’s POV~

The shrill, blaring shriek of my cheap phone alarm harshly rips through the dark.

My eyes snap open. The noise drags me from a deep, exhausted sleep at exactly seven-thirty in the morning. I claw blindly at the bedside table. My knuckles hit the plastic casing of the clock, knocking it over before my fingers find the button. I slam it into silence.

The glowing red numbers burn