Icarians: Poisoned Dreams by Vanessa Mock, Jessie Reinking

and jumped from the step ladder she was standing on.
She was out of the room but she still caught what he said and it made her stop.
"She is perfect for Jaxon, maybe he was right all those years ago."
She shook her head and went down the stairs to let the security people in. They were there a total of three hours. They installed new locks and alarms on all the doors and windows. While they were working, Analeigh, Mercedes and Mason continued to work on her bedroom. The bedroom was almost finished when her appliances were delivered. All three laughed and joked as they worked. She was covered in splats of red paint, but so was Mason and Mercedes. When they had finished her bedroom she thanked them as they left.
The Security people gave her new keys and the alarm code. Analeigh ran upstairs to shower and scrub the paint off of herself. She finally felt completely safe in her new house. She wasn't completely done with her room, she still had to put her new bedding on her bed and she got some new curtains to match the bed spread. When she finally completely finished her room she stood back to admire their work. It was quite beautiful. She reached out and felt the silk and velvet bed spread. She loved it. Analeigh went downstairs to check on Jaxon's car.
    Earlier she had moved it as close as she could to her house, God forbid something happen to it. She looked out the window and was satisfied that it was still intact. Night had finally fallen as she cooked herself a small dinner. Analeigh looked out the back kitchen window at the storm swelling outside.
    As fierce lightening lit the sky she noticed a dark figure standing at the edge of the woods. Stunned she jerked away from the window. Breathing heavily she slowly moved back to the window. Maybe it was her imagination because when she looked again the dark figure had vanished. She quickly closed her blinds and the old curtains that her grandmother had left hanging. Disgusted with herself she ate her dinner and went upstairs and crawled into her bed. Soon after she fell asleep she began to dream.
    'Analeigh was with Mercedes. Mercedes was crying with her face in her hands. She wouldn't look up at Analeigh. Analeigh frowned with confusion. She knelt down next to her, put her hand on her shoulder and asked "Sadie what happened? What’s wrong?"
    Analeigh realized that she wasn't crying anymore but was making this strange gurgling sound. She stepped away from her and looked around for help. All she saw was darkness, they were in some kind of basement. There was no other sounds around them just the strange sound Mercedes was making. Analeigh started to panic a little.
    "Sadie come on we have to find a way out of here." Analeigh pleaded with her to get up.
    She knelt back down and tried to grasp her by the shoulders, but her body turned into a bloody mess in her hands. As Mercedes body started to fall apart piece by piece she looked at Analeigh and screamed "It's all your fault Analeigh, and you'll be next!" '
Analeigh woke gasping for air, panicked until she realized she was safe in her bed. She got up and went to the bathroom still shaking from her gruesome nightmare. Analeigh splashed cold water on her face. Why am I having these terrible nightmares she asked herself. Knowing she wouldn't be able to go back to sleep, she went downstairs turning on every light as she went.
Jaxon saw the lights come on in Analeigh's house and checked his watch. It was almost five in the morning. Wondering what she was doing up so early, he went closer to the house so he could check on her. She had closed the kitchen windows earlier when she had spotted him standing at the edge of her yard, a mistake he couldn't make again, but she had neglected to close the blinds in the dining room.
    He inched to the window and could see her walking around her kitchen. She looked oddly pale, he would have to push Sadie into finding out what was going on with her. Seeing that she was fine he had to pry himself away from