Things Unsaid

Valerie’s POV

The scream didn’t make it out of my throat this time.

I woke up with it lodged somewhere deep in my chest, stuck there like splinters. My eyes opened fast, wide, and frantic. I was breathing like I’d just been dragged out of deep water. My palms were damp. My sheets tangled. My heart thudded so loudly, I thought it might break through my ribs.

The nightmare was still in my head. Like