" Is life but to wake?

And death but to sleep?

I’d tell you, but then,

This secret I’ll keep.

I’m not real now,

Nor was I last night,

Or perhaps I’m wrong,

Who’s to say what’s right?

Are you having fun yet?

This is our little game,

You will lose soon enough,

Then you’ll be mine to tame. "

― Laura Thalassa , Dark Harmony (The Bargainer, #3)