Hex Crimes by Dorie Sarina

Author:Dorie, Sarina [Sarina, Dorie,]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781731256706
Publisher: amazon.com
Published: 2018-11-29T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

See You in My Dreams—Or Not

The dream had felt so real, but then, many of my dreams were vivid. Thatch had said I wouldn’t remember, but I did.

It hadn’t occurred to me that I might be better at something than Thatch. I hadn’t considered that I might be invading Thatch’s privacy. I’d never had any reason to believe I could control anyone’s subconscious other than my own—which I hadn’t completely mastered—but I was learning. Erroneously I had assumed he was the expert on lucid dreaming; he was the one I’d gone to for assistance when I’d had the nightmares with Julian and Derrick.

But now that I thought of it, I remembered that I’d pulled him into my dream each time I’d needed his assistance. He hadn’t ever started a dream-therapy session. He’d only guided me through with words. I was the one who had manipulated the fabric of the dream.

At the time, I had assumed he’d talked me through it to teach me and empower me, not because he’d had no choice. When I’d visualized him wearing my favorite outfit, the one with polka dots and stripes that he’d teased me about, he hadn’t redressed himself in his tweed suit. Possibly because I was the one in control.

For months I had feared that I had been used and violated in his fear chair. I thought he’d invaded my meditations. I now suspected it was actually the other way around. I had tapped into his subconscious and exploited his secret desires. Dreaming about someone wasn’t a crime.

The idea made me sick that I was the one who had invaded someone’s mind. I felt even worse at the idea that I’d thought he would have wittingly done that to me. I had blamed him for something I’d done.

I reread Lucid Dreams and Subconscious Messages. Ironically, I had never marred the pages by dog-earing them or writing notes in the margins like the others, and this was the book he had never asked for me to return.

After reading the book again, my opinion solidified. I should never have told Elric that I thought Thatch was touching me or invading my subconscious. I should have gone to Thatch and talked to him. He would have given me reading and homework so I could come to this conclusion on my own.

On Saturday while Vega was away, Josie and I sat on my bed in the dorm room, and I told her about the dream.

“You kissed him in the dream? Barf!” She made a face.

“You’re missing the point. I don’t think he manipulated me or did anything inappropriate. I’ve been the one doing something inappropriate.”

She crossed her arms skeptically. “Right.”

Her bias against him needled under my skin. “I might have cost him his job and his reputation. I’ve hurt him, and I need to fix this, but I don’t know how.”

“Whatev.” She shrugged indifferently.

“No, not whatever.” I took her by the shoulders, staring into her eyes. “What if you had a dream about Khaba and some Fae accused you of invading Khaba’s mind? You wouldn’t know if it were true or not.

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