Chapter Five: Nightmare Thread

Lu Chen memorized the masked man's scent of scorched pine resin. Instead of chasing his father's illusion, he opened a fire door. The dream split. Back in the terminal, he removed the hooks one by one. Each unleashed a stranger's nightmare. Su saw her brother die in a depressurized quarantine chamber. Han saw himself seal Lu Yuanshan beyond the gate. Airport workers saw twelve runways become the ribs of a red dragon. The final hook pierced the spider's heart. Pulling it free would kill her; leaving it would trap the entire airport in one endless dream. Lu Chen placed his palm against her abdomen. “Will you give the dreams to me?”