Dreamworld excerpt
Mona Rivers stood rigid for a moment, just enough time to realize that she was standing next to her own body lying in a hospital bed. She had seen the exact replica of her cinnamon red, frizzy hair that dropped to her shoulder blades, the same slackened look she usually see in her pictures, and the very scar on her chin that was barely visible in the dimmed light...
"How can this be?" she mustered up her voice and immediately ran for a mirror, but only saw nothing but a reflection of a plain wall and a vibrant painting. Her hastened, weak breathing wavered as she spun with her back to the wall, to see her body still seemingly unconscious.
She resumed to shake her head in disbelief, or she had felt like doing for her head was still motionless on the opposite side of the tranquil, shadowy room. This can't be happening, she furiously thought with the others that raged in her fearful mind. I just had a car accident. This is just a delusion. Just a dream. Then another had struck her cold... a dream I may not wake up from. A coma...
Daring to draw near towards the body, Mona had her eyes glance from the bed to the slightly ajar door. Her muscles pulsed when she had thought there was movement outside in the hall. Her heart pounded heavily as she felt it slowly sink in despair.
If I'm really dreaming, then why could I sense the chillness, why could I smell the disinfectant in this room? Why could I be able to think clearly like this? She pondered, attempting to get closer to her twin. For some reason, she was afraid to.
Still keeping her eye on the door, Mona embraced the cold metal railing on the left side of the bed. She heard her sweaty palms squeak by its smooth exterior. This is real, she could not deny. The door remained still, so she had built enough trust to turn her back to see her body a little closer.
The sleeping, saggy eyes already opened, directed at her, and before Mona could stow away, an uncontrollable arm grasped hers, forcing her down to the grimaced face.
"I will die, and you with me!" her mouth contorted in a monstrous grin.