REM

<p><strong>Book Two: </strong><em><strong>REM</strong></em><strong> - The Dreamer's Cycle</strong></p><p><em>By Brinda Phokeerdass</em></p><p>You think you woke up. That's how the dream keeps you.</p><p>Elise thought she escaped the dream world. She thought she won. But something followed her back.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>In a world where time flows backward and reality folds like paper Elise must face the truth:</p><p>You never wake up. You just fall deeper.</p>