Stimulated by the glow of those scales, Huo Sining only felt her breathing become erratic, her heart racing, and she woke up with a start.
Around her was absolute silence. In the dark night, she still lay on the carved canopy bed in the old house, with no trace of the blue seas, the silver moon, or the Jiaoren in sight.
Huo Sining felt herself break out in a cold sweat. Though she was awake from the dream, she still felt a lingering fear.
Even though Su Lan had shown her true form in front of her before, and even though she had psychologically prepared herself, dreaming that she turned into a human with a fish's tail still made her heart race, filling her with fright and confusion about the unknown.
However, this dream left Huo Sining unsettled. She lay there with her eyes open until dawn.
