Book Two: REM – The Dreamer's Cycle

By Brinda Phokeerdass

"You think you woke up. That's how the dream keeps you."

Elise thought she escaped the dream world. She thought she won. But something followed her back.

Now time is broken. Her memories fracture. Mirrors shatter when she looks too long. And Ravi—the only person who understood—is gone, erased like he was never real. Even Black Hill Academy feels changed: silent, watchful, filled with gaps no one else sees.

Then Sophie arrives, a new student haunted by a cousin no one remembers and dreams of a door made of bones. Together, they uncover a growing trail of journals, vanishing students, and echoes of The Grey—an ancient force not content to stay in dreams.

In a world where time flows backward and reality folds like paper, Elise must face the truth:

You never wake up. You just fall deeper.