THE TRANCE

With your broken foot you’ve been unable to get outside. You’ve been stuck on the couch for weeks but you don’t really remember what you’ve been doing. It’s like you’ve been in a trance the whole time. You snap out of it to find Liam right there watching over you in your mind, in the realm you’ve come to refer to as astral - where all thoughts and feelings live.

Liam gained full access to your mind while you were in a trance and now he knows how you think, what you fear, and what you most desire. He welcomes you back to lucidity and tells your he’s impressed by what he’s seen. He really likes you. You feel very warm towards him all of a sudden, even loving. He feels like the only person in the world you can truly connect to. He’s the only person here for you. You forget whether or not you trusted him before, you can’t think straight, all you can do is feel and you feel vulnerable, helpless, like you need someone, like you need Liam Rue.

Liam spends the day explaining that you are an important person, that you have passed all his tests and that he trusts you now, he wants to save you, to help you, but the only way he can do it is to fake your death. He’s got everything ready for it. You only have to do one thing: go outside at midnight, let him lead you to a hidden spot, and then fall asleep. When you wake up the whole nightmare will be over and your new life will begin.